The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has smashed two major cross-border drug trafficking syndicates with cocaine and opioids worth billions of naira recovered from them. A statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja stated that six leaders of...
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By OLA MODUPE , Lagos – The bid by members of an international drug syndicate that operates between Brazil, Ethiopia and Nigeria to smuggle into Lagos a total of 845 wraps of cocaine weighing 18.72 kilograms has been thwarted and the consignments recovered by operatives of the National Drug...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 162,351 bottles of codeine based syrup from two containers at the Apapa seaport in Lagos. This is contained in a statement by its Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said operatives of the agency made the arrest during...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a Thailand returnee Simon Peter Oguejiofor for importing 13.30 kilograms of heroin worth more than N3.192billion at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 13, 298,000 pills of opioids and 338,253 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup worth over N9billion in street value. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the drugs were intercepted by NDLEA operatives at...
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa says drug trafficking in the Sahel continues to hinder security, economic development and the rule of law while jeopardising public health. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during its 1st Annual International...
BY OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested an automobile spare parts dealer, Ejiofor Chiwuzie over attempt to export consignments of heroin and loud, a strain of cannabis in Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a wanted drug kingpin, Damilare Ajiboye aka “Na God” after 12 months of evading arrest. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, said the arrest followed a raid on...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has seized 78, 530 capsules and pills of tramadol, Opioids and other illicit substance in Kano, Niger, Plateau, Katisna, Edo and Oyo State. The Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Sunday in...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended an ex-convict, Christian Ogbuji for importing 817 wraps of cocaine weighing 19.40kg with an estimated value of N4.6billion at Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Monday,...
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a truck containing 2.49 million pills of tramadol worth over N2 billion in Gombe State. Commander, NDLEA, Gombe State Command, Mr Okechukwu Nkere, disclosed this at a news conference in Gombe on Friday. Nkere said that the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have taken into custody a wanted drug baron, Alhaji Suleiman Ganiu Aremu (a.k.a Barryshine) two years after coming under the radar of the anti-narcotics Agency. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a...
The Nigerian Navy has handed over 72 bags of cannabis sativa, each weighing 40kg and four arrested suspects to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Marine Command. This is contained in a statement issued by the Base Information Officer, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Lt. Hussaini Ibrahim on...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted illicit drugs worth millions of naira during a recent nationwide intelligence-led operation. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that 2.32kg of cocaine concealed in Ghanaian traditional fabric (Kente) en...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Multiple consignments of illicit drugs concealed in tins of Cerelac baby food and cloths going to the United States and United Kingdom have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested, Sulaiman Jimoh popularly know as Temo, 57-year old old alleged leader of a drug cartel in Lagos. NDLEA, Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja....
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Frantic bids by drug syndicates to smuggle in and out of Nigeria consignments of Cocaine and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis concealed in incense candles, game packs, dry hibiscus leaves and ladies’ native wears through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, and some...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have intercepted seven containers bearing 1,229,400 bottles of codeine syrup worth over N9,835,200 billion at the Onne ports in Rivers. This is contained in a statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi on Friday...
The Appeal Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed an application filed suspended DCP Abba Kyari requesting that the unlawful drug deal charge against him be dropped. A three-member panel of justices dismissed Kayri’s appeal, marked: CA/ABJ/CR/516/2023 for being unmeritorious. IJustice Adebukola Banjoko who led the panel held that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command has apprehended 14 suspects for various crimes, including murder, theft, and possession of marijuana. The suspects were paraded before journalists on Thursday at the Police Command Headquarters in Maiduguri. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Dasu...