The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over 284 seized parcels of cannabis sativa to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kebbi. The Customs Comptroller in Kebbi, Mr Joseph Attah, handed over the cannabis seized from drug traffickers to the state NDLEA Commander, Mr Sulaiman Usman, in...
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Village head arrested for drugs The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested one Abubakar Ibrahim, the village head of Gidan Abba, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto, with 10 others over 991,320 pills of pharmaceutical opioids. A statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 46.637 kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin in the FCT and 6 other states across Nigeria. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, identified the states are:...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Western Marine Command (WMC) has intercepted Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana), foreign parboiled rice and other items with a Duty Paid Value (DPC) of N2,233,808,950 in five months. Comptroller Abubakar Umar of the command said this in at press conference on Thursday in Lagos. “Other items...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 10 suspects in connection with the seizure of 4,870.2kgs cannabis in some parts of Edo. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Mr....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a pregnant woman, a nursing mother and a 200-level university student for drug abuse and peddling. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the suspects were among...
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....
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...