 The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted and seized 200 million kilograms of assorted drugs with a street value of over 80 billion lira. NDLEA chairman, retired Brigadier General Buber Marwa, said this when the acting inspector general of police, Usman Baba, paid him a courtesy visit in his office, where he narrated that over 2,100 criminals had also been arrested in connection with the seizures, with over 350 convictions secured. He said that the NDLEA was working on the mandate given to 8-by-President Mohammad Ibu Hari to mop up all crime-related issues in Nigeria as a use of illicit drugs and substances had been confirmed as major way criminals used in terrorizing communities and the society at large. According to him, a banditry, terrorism and other related crimes were generally triggered by intake and consumption of illicit drugs.