German Government Supports NDLEA With €2 Million World-Class Narcotic Detection Dog

<p>German Government Supports NDLEA<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that Chairman&sol;Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency&comma; NDLEA&comma; Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa &lpar;Retd&rpar; has commended the German government over ongoing efforts to boost the operational capability of the Agency with a world-class narcotic detection dog training facility&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This was disclosed in a statement to the National Association of Online Security Reporters&comma; NAOSRE by Femi Babafemi<br &sol;>&NewLine;Director&comma; Media &amp&semi; Advocacy on Friday&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to Femi&comma; Marwa gave the commendation when <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vanguardngr&period;com&sol;">Jan Ritterhoff&comma; BKA<&sol;a> liaison officer at the German Embassy in Nigeria paid him a visit to discuss modalities for the project’s take-off&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The NDLEA Chairman expressed appreciation for past supports to the agency especially in the areas of training&comma; supply of drugs detection dogs&comma; and vehicles&comma; adding that the €2 Million dog training school being planned for the agency will further boost NDLEA’s operations&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Marwa said drug trafficking is a complex and dynamic crime&comma; which demands that the agency must always be a step ahead of drug cartels&period; As such&comma; he urged the German government to consider donating more dogs to the agency to be able to cover more areas of responsibility&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He stressed that through the support of the<strong> German<&sol;strong> government&comma; a total of over 26 major arrests and seizures of narcotic drugs including Cocaine&comma; Heroin&comma; Methamphetamine&comma; Ephedrine and Cannabis with a combined weight of over 17&period;932 metric tons&comma; were made by with the assistance of the narcotic detection dogs&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In his response&comma; Ritterhoff commended Marwa for the great transformation he has brought to NDLEA as well as the strings of achievements especially in the areas of seizures and arrests within a very short time&period; He also expressed appreciation to Marwa for granting speedy approval for the project to commence&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He assured that the dog school project where more narcotic detection dogs will be deployed and groomed will be completed in phases between the next three to four years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;