NDLEA, AUSTRALIA DEEPEN ANTI-DRUG PARTNERSHIP AS MARWA TARGETS INTERNATIONAL CARTELS

NDLEA, AUSTRALIA DEEPEN ANTI-DRUG PARTNERSHIP AS MARWA TARGETS INTERNATIONAL CARTELS

By Jennifer Nwosu 


The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have signed a memorandum of understanding to strengthen intelligence sharing, joint operations and investigations against international drug trafficking networks operating along the Nigeria-Australia route.

In a statement released by the Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA said the agreement was signed on Monday, November 2, 2026, at its' national headquarters in Abuja. The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the agency, Brig. General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), said the partnership would make the drug route increasingly difficult and unprofitable for traffickers through coordinated enforcement and intelligence-led operations.

The agreement covers four key areas: intelligence and information exchange, joint and coordinated operations, capacity building and professional development and controlled delivery operations. Marwa said the alliance was necessary as organised crime groups expand across borders, with Nigerian networks increasingly linked to the Australia-Pacific route for methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking.

He cited recent NDLEA operations, including the seizure of 184.5kg of cocaine intended for export and the dismantling of four methamphetamine laboratories involving Mexican nationals. One of the laboratory operations resulted in the seizure of illicit substances valued at more than $360 million.

Marwa also highlighted the dismantling of a Switzerland-based cartel linked to Nigerian national Simon Amadi after more than a year of joint investigations involving the US Drug Enforcement Administration and police authorities in France, Greece and Switzerland. The NDLEA has also targeted assets linked to the network in Nigeria.

Leading the Australian delegation, AFP representative Sandra Booth described drug trafficking as a wider social and security problem requiring coordinated international action. She commended the NDLEA’s approach to both drug prevention and enforcement, noting that stronger cooperation could increase the effectiveness of efforts against criminal networks.

Booth said organized crime groups increasingly use drug proceeds to finance other serious offences, recruit vulnerable young people and fuel violent confrontations. She noted that Australia faces significant harm from drug trafficking, including addiction, family breakdown, gang violence and deaths and stressed the need to prevent illicit substances from reaching Australian communities.

The signing ceremony was witnessed by Australian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Leilani Bin-Juda, Deputy High Commissioner Timothy Milikan and AFP delegation members Andrea Humphrys and Susan Gray, alongside senior NDLEA officials.


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