Giade said this was necessary in order to avoid problems as the long arm of the law would not spare any offender when caught.
Giade was reacting to the agency’s arrest of a 43-year-old trader.
The trader was arrested for allegedly being in possession of substances suspected to be heroin and weighing 500 grammes, and said to be worth N2 million.
The agency will continue to invoke relevant sections of the NDLEA Act against offenders, Giade said.
He said it was worrisome that the suspect actually invested the sum of N 2 million in the ill-fated illicit drug transaction.
``It would have been better for him to have put his money into something that will be legitimate and more profitable than this kind of illegal business.
``I urge others that may be having such thoughts or plans to have a re-think,’’ Giade said.
He said that the suspect (names withheld) was arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos during the outward screening of passengers boarding a Lufthansa flight.
“During a routine search, 30 wraps of substances that tested positive for heroin weighing 500 grammes were found inside the breast pocket of his jacket, inside his hand luggage.
“The suspect, whose final destination is Dallas in the U.S, had perfected his plan to outsmart security agents during screening.
“We also found two tickets with him. Apart from the valid ticket to the U.S, there was also a fake Turkish Airline ticket indicating Lagos to Pakistan.
‘’This was to divert attention from him taking drugs into the United States,’’ the NDLEA chief said
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