January 24, 2021
Sydney, Jan 24, 2021 – Dutch authorities have arrested 57-year old Canadian national Tse Chi Lop at the request of the Australia Federal Police after a long probe into drug trafficking in the Asia-Pacific.
Tse had been on a global most-wanted list and was of “significant interest” to law enforcement agencies in multiple countries, said Dutch and Australian police.
WHO IS TSE CHI LOP?
Tse – known by his nickname “Sam Gor”, Brother Number Three in Cantonese – is the alleged senior leader of a sprawling transnational drug trafficking syndicate known as “The Company” to its members or, to some police, the “Sam Gor syndicate.”
Why Bangladesh s Yaba Drug Epidemic Continues to Fester
Increased vigilance by Bangladeshi law enforcement authorities has led syndicates to adopt alternate routes.
Weapons, ammunition, alongside bags of crystal methamphetamine and meth-laced yaba pills seized by Myanmar police and military are seen in this undated photo near Loikan village in Shan State, between February and April 2020 in what the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime described as Asia s biggest-ever drug bust. Photo: Myanmar Police/UNODC/Handout via Reuters
On January 22, 2020, a Rohingya man suspected to be a Yaba trader was killed during a gunfight with Border Guard Bangladesh in Bandarban, Chittagong. The 25-year-old Yaba peddler, who belonged to the Kutupalong Rohingya camp, was entering Bangladesh from a hilly area of Myanmar with a group of eight to ten people when he was apprehended by the BGB.
TODAY
January 25, 2021
The Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), has given commanders of the agency in all the states of the federation and special commands marching orders to mop up illicit drugs across the country.
He gave the directive during a meeting with commanders of the 36 states, FCT and special commands on Monday at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, where he also hinted of plans to seek government’s approval to conduct drug tests on tertiary institutions’ new students, security agencies, fresh recruits and all newly appointed government employees.
While telling the commanders, who briefed him on their posts and areas of responsibility that he is honoured and proud to serve as Chairman of NDLEA, he said all commanders must be desirous of keeping drugs out of Nigerian streets and homes, and so, “all of you must shape up and get all those engaged in the nefarious business to face the music, and I need
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