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...
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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...
The security team of the Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has arrested eight suspected cultists and hard drug peddlers during the ongoing second semester examination of the institution. This is contained in a statement by the institution’s Director, Public Relations and Protocol, Uredo Omale, made available to the News...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has established five new strategic commands and deployed body cameras to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the agency’s operations. The NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig.- Gen. Buba Marwa said this during the decoration ceremony of some elevated personnel of the agency...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has arrested a couple, Mmadu Agbakoba and Ijeoma Agbakoba as well as their associate, for trafficking cocaine worth N2.1 billion. The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a post via...
The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa has said that there was no hiding place for drug barons and their mules in the country. Marwa said this while reacting to the conviction of a Delhi, Indian-Bound drug trafficker, Charles Ogbonna, who bagged 25...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), on Sunday said it intercepted 6,125 cartons of codeine syrup worth N7.3 billion in Rivers State. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, confirmed the seizure in a post issued via the agency’s X handle on Sunday. Babafemi...
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 EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A snake guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs in Igor community, Benin city, Edo state, has been raided by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), who detected a specially constructed large hole storage in a wall covered with wallpapers...
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy, Badagry, Lagos State, on Thursday, handed over four sacks of cannabis sativa to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Badagry. Lt.-Cdr. Bitus Zoaka, the Base Operations Officer, FOB, representing the Commanding Officer FOB, Navy Captain Augustus Amakiri,...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, refused to grant bail to the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and four other police officers charged with alleged drug trafficking. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that other defendants in the charge marked FHC/ABJ/57/2022, are four members of the disbanded...
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...