The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has dismantled multiple drug networks across Abuja and its surrounding areas, arresting 132 suspects and recovering over 220 kilograms of illicit substances in a two-week enforcement offensive described as one of the most coordinated anti-narcotics campaigns in the Federal Capital Territory in recent months.
The operation, executed between April 11 and 25 by the agency’s Directorate of Operations and General Investigation in collaboration with the FCT Strategic Command, followed weeks of intelligence gathering and surveillance targeting entrenched drug networks fueling substance abuse and criminality in the nation’s capital.
Raids targeted some of Abuja’s most notorious hotspots including Torabora Hills, Area 3, Gwarinpa, Durumi, Banex, Dei-Dei, Kubwa, Apo, Kwali, Gwagwalada, Wuse Zone 4, Garki Area 10, Jabi, and the Suleja axis, where heavily fortified drug joints and distribution networks were uncovered and dismantled.
The primary seizure comprised 214.79 kilograms of cannabis alongside significant quantities of Diazepam, Exol, Tramadol, Mogadon, Cocaine, Rohypnol, Methamphetamine, Ecstasy, and codeine syrup. Operatives encountered armed resistance in parts of Durumi Area 1 and the Suleja market axis, but neutralized the threats without casualties among enforcement personnel.
NDLEA Chairman Buba Marwa commended the officers involved, described the operation as a decisive step toward reclaiming Abuja from drug syndicates, and ordered the immediate replication of the operational strategy across other high-risk urban centres nationwide. He stressed that dismantling supply chains must be accompanied by demand reduction efforts, warning that drug cartels would face sustained and intensifying pressure across all fronts.
