LEADERS of the delegation of Norwegian Intelligence Service and Customs officials, Mr. Kai Arild Holm, yesterday, in Lagos, said no fewer than 1,585 Nigerians were arrested and detained in Norwegian prisons between 2000 and 2012 over drug trafficking offences.

Disclosing this development during the team’s visit to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in Lagos, Holm said the visit to the anti-narcotic agency was to enhance collaboration with Nigerian authorities in counter narcotic smuggling, money laundering and human trafficking.

According to him, “in 2012, we arrested 432 Nigerians in Norway and deported 95 over drug trafficking. We need your help in dealing with the problem of West African criminal networks in Norway. Most Nigerians arrested over drug trafficking are based in Europe. They engage in drug smuggling and launder the money back home.”

Chairman of NDLEA, Ahamu Giade, said the decision to collaborate with the Norway was reached after a meeting with a delegation of Norwegian Police and Customs officials that visited the agency in Lagos, Monday.

He said: “We need to enter into a memorandum of understanding to deepen our collaboration with the Norwegian government. Drug trafficking is a common problem and we need to embrace the principle of shared responsibility in addressing it. The technical details will soon be perfected. This will lead to improvement in arrests, prosecution and assets forfeiture.”

The NDLEA boss who condemned the involvement of Nigerians in criminal activities abroad, promised to take necessary steps in boosting the image of the country.

The steps, he added, included effective collaboration in counter narcotics, financial and assets investigation and anti-drug education.

The delegation will spend some days in Nigeria while details of the memorandum are being worked out.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/1585-nigerians-in-norway-prisons-over-drug-trafficking-says-holm/

SOURCE: VANGUARD

That's not good.

But some re still on their way right now to deliver same thing. Naija people na hustle till dem die.forget that u only live once.say no to drug trafficking!!!

what are they doing in norway??

coninse: That's not good.

wat s nt good there?prison,deportation or drug trafficking?

We know pple wey dey there..... Uzobuzobu

na poverty dey cos dis kind of disgrace............wen instead of practicin DEMOCRACY we are practicin KLEPTOCRACY

Booty4me: what are they doing in norway??

them dey try find WAY....
but unfortunately, NO-WAY.

With Jona thinking of how to raise fuel price those guys wouldn't even want to risk being deported back to Nigeria talk-less of a Nigerian prison.

E beta for them now at least their prison dey different from our own

Pelummy: wat s nt good there?prison,deportation or drug trafficking?

None of it is good.

It's OK considering the country in question

Even if all of em are igbos who is to be blamed? Our hussling is wat still keepin us goin in dis fuc...king country

I bet those guys would prefer imprisonment to deportation

If i try am, i go suceed

"Drug trafficking" sounds like a loaded term to me.
I will wager a bet that most of these Nigerians are doing time for small-time drug dealing, an enterprise that stems from the lack of employment opportunities for illegal migrants in Norway, and nothing more.

And some ll still not learn.
As you are reading this, there are hundreds of Nigerians trying to push drugs to foreign countries.

God save them say no be Malaysia dem go try that one

At least they are better off than those fools who are milking us dry,if we are known for drug trafficking without being under kleptocracy nigeria would have been the best place to live.Imagine these guys has been contributing the highest percentage of our GDP growth by laying down thier life and freedom in other to better the life of thier people and the society at large.though not supporting drug trafficking.

Kill them all jur. Shey me I no see drug dey push wey I dey hustle dey manage here.
I repeat, kill them all.
Over and out!!!