Arrests alone can’t defeat drug traffickers — Marwa

Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, the former Chairman and CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has emphasized that arrests alone are insufficient to combat drug trafficking. Speaking at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, Marwa argued that the success of the criminal justice system should also be measured by its ability to make crime unprofitable by seizing and recovering the proceeds of crime.

He emphasized that a trafficker who retains their fortune can continue financing criminal operations, supporting associates, and sustaining the enterprise. Marwa outlined six strategies adopted by the NDLEA to strengthen asset recovery, including the forfeiture of the Hook Hotel linked to a fugitive drug suspect, which was sold for $4.2 million, with the proceeds paid into the Federal Government's forfeited assets account.

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