The Katsina State Hisbah Board has destroyed seized alcohol and other illicit drugs worth N60 million in Funtua Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Hisbah Commander in the state, Dr Aminu Usman, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on...
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The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has said that illicit drugs and substances abuse was enabling crimes and criminality across the country. Marwa said this in his presentation during a National Youth Conference organised by the Vanguard Against Drug Abuse...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A cartel controlled by a drug baron, 49-year old Kelechi Monday Nwaobasi and his 50-year old elder sister, Ms. Chinwe Rose Nwaobasi, has been taken down by officers of the Special Operation Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following the arrest...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A total of 230,600 pills of tramadol 225mg and 200mg were recovered from the duo of Yasir Rabi’u, 23, and Abubakar Ado, 30, who are major distributors of illicit drugs in Kano and Jigawa states, when they were arrested by NDLEA operatives on...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has paraded 2 suspects for drugs peddling, and attempting to bribe a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the state. The command also paraded 22 others for various offences which includes possession of illicit drugs and substance as well as...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a commercial bus conveying N3.2million counterfeit cash. This is contained in a statement by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja. Mr. Babafemi said the counterfeit cash...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 35-year-old Qatar-based lady who attempted to smuggle Indian hemp to the Arabian country. Spokesman of the agency, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that the lady was caught at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja....
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Katsina State Command, has arrested a 20-year-old man who allegedly concealed illicit drugs inside a tube of a dilapidated bicycle. The spokesman for the command, Mr Bashir Adamu, disclosed this to newsmen in Katsina on Thursday. He said that the suspect...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A joint raid operation between the NDLEA and men of the State Homeland Security at 23 Arochukwu street, Umuahia around 11pm on Wednesday 14th February led to the arrest of a female lawyer, Adaobi Nweke, 36; her boyfriend, Emeka Nkemefola, 36; her mother,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuj Troops of 192 Battalion, 81 Division, Nigerian Army on Sunday, intercepted a suspected transnational drug syndicate with illicit substances suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 1,016 suspects and seized nine tons of illicit drugs in Kano State in 2023. Commandant of the agency in Kano State, Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kano that suspects arrested were...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday destroyed 15.7 tonnes of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances seized in Kano State. The NDLEA Chairman, Brig.-Gen. (rtd) Buba Marwa, said the drugs were seized by state Command and Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Special Area Command, between...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered 63,767.3kg of Indian hemp and 82,320 illicit pills in eight states in the last one week. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated this on Sunday in Abuja and added that five persons,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – NDLEA seized 4.9 million dollars and 57 million CFA suspected to be counterfeits on the Abuja-Lokoja Highway on Tuesday. The CFA, backed by the French treasury is the legal tender in Francophone West and Central Africa accepted in 14 countries. The...
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT on Wednesday handed over 2,640kg of substance, suspected to be cannabis sativa worth N200 million, to the Nigerian Drug Law Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos. The Commander, NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, handed over the exhibits to NDLEA officials at NNS BEECROFT, Apapa,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a kingpin wanted for attempts to ship illicit drug consignments to the United Kingdom. This tops the list of arrests made by NDLEA Operatives through interdiction operations that led to the seizure of four...
President Bola Tinubu has implored the Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies in Africa to renew the fight against substance abuse. Tinubu made the call, while declaring open the 31st meeting of the Heads of National Drug Law Enforcement Agencies, Africa (HONLAF), on Tuesday in Abuja. ...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted four tons of illicit and controlled drugs in seven states within one week. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Mr. Babafemi listed the ...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – No fewer than 399 pieces of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) been transported to Kaduna by one Oluwagbenga Leke has been intercepted by operatives of The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a...