NDLEA stands for National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. It is a federal law enforcement agency in Nigeria under the Federal Ministry of Justice charged with eliminating the growing, processing, manufacturing, selling, exporting, and trafficking of hard drugs. The agency was established by Decree Number 48 of 1989. The NDLEA is responsible for drug policy and control in Nigeria, and its mandate is to curtail illicit production, importation, exportation, sale, and trafficking of psychoactive substances. The agency carries out interdiction and destruction of narcotic drugs and other illicit substances, as well as preventive drug abuse activities such as advocacy and counseling, and rehabilitation of drug users. The NDLEA has thousands of expert narcotic operatives and well-trained support staff who work across Nigeria with a visible presence at international airports, seaports, border crossings, and major highways. The agency is committed to keeping society safe from the dangers of illicit substances and their purveyors, and its operatives are actively engaged in the tracking, arrest, and prosecution of traffickers of dangerous substances under the various relevant drug laws of Nigeria.