By EMEKA CHIKWE, Port-Harcourt – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 29 suspects and seized 493.263kg of illicit drugs in River State The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Ahmed Mamuda, the Rivers State Commander, disclosed this on Wednesday in a statement issued in Port Harcourt....
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has foiled attempt by a drug cartel to smuggle over two million, four hundred and sixty-five thousand tablets of pharmaceutical opioid into the country. The drugs according to the NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, were intercepted at...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered no less than 13, 451,466 pills of tramadol 225mh worth N8,860,000,000 in street value in Lagos . The Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Babafemi said that operatives of the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has thwarted an attempt by a 32-year-old businesswoman, Mrs Pamela Odin, to traffic 2.150kg tablets of Rohypnol through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Abuja. The Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, made the announcement in a statement...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested an ex-footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa on board an Ethiopian airlines flight with 1.40kg crack cocaine concealed in his bags. NDLEA...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Tuesday in Lagos, set ablaze 1.8 tons of cocaine recovered from a warehouse in Ikorodu area of Lagos on Sept 19. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the anti-narcotic agency had, on Sept. 19, stormed a warehouse in a...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 25-year old pregnant woman with 82 pinches of methamphetamine in Auchi, Edo state. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the suspect, Haruna Favour who...
The Nigerian Navy on Friday handed over 627 bags of smuggled parboiled rice, 57 parcels of Indian hemp and one suspect to the Nigerian Customs Service and the NDLEA. Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base (FOB) Badagry of the navy, Capt. James Otache, said the handover was the outcome of...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested eight suspected bandits in Ala Forest, Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi named those arrested as: Austin Dickson, 47, who...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered more than 1.2 million tramadol tablets in Gombe and Lagos states. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday that 811,000 of the tablets were recovered...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – No fewer than 792 parcels of illicit drugs, suspected to be cannabis sativa (Indian Hemp), have been intercepted by soldiers from The 81 Division, Nigerian Army in Ilaro area of Ogun State. The Division’s spokesperson, Maj. Olaniyin Osoba, disclosed this in a statement issued...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, refused to grant the extradition application filed by the Federal Government for permission to extradite the suspended DCP Abba Kyari to the United States (US). Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment, described the extradition request as “an abuse of court process,” on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos, for allegedly leading a drug syndicate at the international wing of the airport. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated this in a statement...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), had foiled an attempt by a syndicate to export illicit drugs through the Lagos airport during an outward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airline to Oman via Addis Ababa. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on...
Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operation Unit, Zone B, has intercepted smuggled items concealed in charcoal bags, as well as fake drugs and narcotics. The Comptroller, Albashir Hamisu, told newsmen on Thursday in Kaduna that 227 cartons of foreign spaghetti and couscous were concealed in charcoal bags by the smugglers...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has destroyed illicit drugs worth N2 billion between 2014 and Sept. 2021 seized in Akwa Ibom. The NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa, represented by the Agency’s Secretary, Mr Shedrach Haruna, said this in Uyo when he paid a...
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Sokoto State Command, had arrested a suspected drugs dealer, Umar Mohammed, the Village Head of Ruga in Shagari Local Government Area of the state. Briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto, Mr Adamu Iro, the NDLEA Commander in the state, said the suspect...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 249,600 tablets of Tramadol (225mg) from a shipment from India at the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO) import shed of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested Managing Director of a pharmaceutical company for allegedly engaging in sales of illicit drugs on the popular e-commerce platform, Jiji.ng. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, said it had arrested 611 suspected drug traffickers from January to July in the State. The agency’s Commander in the state, Mr Umar Adoro disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kaduna. Adoro said...