By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 90-year-old retired soldier, Usman Adamu, in Mailalle, Sabon Birni, in Sokoto for supplying bandits illicit drugs. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja....
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a trans-border drug dealer, Pastor Anietie Effiong with three drums of crystal methamphetamine, locally called Mkpuru Mmiri, believed to have been imported from India. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed this...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, on Thursday displayed 55 cartons of tramadol it seized on July 21. Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, Apapa Customs Area Controller, while displaying the drug in Lagos, said that it was exported from India and concealed in food flasks. `On July 21, acting...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives have raided a building in the popular VGC Estate in Lagos State and discover amrth laboratory on a property. The raid on the estate was carried out by anti-drug agency on Saturday following an credible intelligence....
By EZEKIEL OBI, ABUJA – No fewer than four notorious drug dealers in Konkol and Belel, two villages on the Nigeria-Cameroon border have been arrested for exporting and retailing Tramadol and snuggling Diazepam into the . They were arrested by the operatives of The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency...
No fewer than Two Million Seven Hundred and Fifty (2,750,000) tablets of Tramadol 225mg weighing 1,650 kilograms worth One Billion Three Hundred and Seventy Five Million Naira (N1, 375, 000,000) have been intercepted at the Apapa port in Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)....
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 37 suspected drug users and dealers and seized 820 ampoules of pentazocine injections in Katsina State. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Mohammed Bashir told newsmen on Friday in Katsina that the suspects were arrested within a 24-hour operation....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, on Saturday, said it has arrested four suspects and seized 210kg of illicit drugs. The State NDLEA Commander, Mr Umar Adoro, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna that the four suspects where arrested between July 15...
Sen. Eyinnaya Abaribe (APGA-Abia) has called on the electorate to be wary of fake promises and elect credible leaders in the 2023 general elections. He made the call on Friday, at the investiture of Rotarian Max Amuchie, the 6th President of the Rotary Club of Abuja (Central Business District)...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday said it operatives have arrested a 27-year old suspected drug dealer with compressed pieces of Cannabis Sativa weighing 38.45kg in Borno. The NDLEA Media and Advocacy Officer in Borno, Mr. Jolaosu Moruf, said this in...
Suspended DCP Abba Kyari, on Wednesday, prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to grant him bail following the attack on Kuje Correctional Centre by Boko Haram who freed scores of their members. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports On 5 July, the Boko Haram breakaway faction Islamic...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said its operatives have arrested a 27-year-old drug queen, Mrs Opoola Mujidat in possession of narcotics concealed in fetish bowls at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja (MMIA), Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi revealed...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted over 91 jumbo bags of cannabis, weighing 1,029.5kg concealed in a truck-mounted natural gas tank on Doma Road, around 500 Housing Estate, Lafia in Nasarawa. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command on Friday said its operatives have intercepted a vehicle loaded with 135 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis sativa (Indian Hemp). The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, made the disclosure in a statement issued...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).on Sunday said a 26-year old Nigerian, Aloysius Onyekwe has allegedly excreted 47 wraps of Cocaine after he was arrested by its operatives in Oyo State. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement in...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a former driver with a public transport company, BRT, identified as Muyiwa Babalola Bolujoko for ingesting 90 pellets of cocaine. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi said in statement thatsuspect was arrested on Monday at...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 22 blocks of heroin, with street value of over N4.5 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized illicit drugs worth over N600 million at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Rivers State. Isaac Aloye, the commander of the agency at the airport disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the activities of the Command in the past four months...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Etche Area Command, in Rivers on Wednesday arrested a physically challenged female for alleged possession of 24 sacks of 231.2kgs of cannabis sativa. The arrest was disclosed in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by Mr Emmanuel...