By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja In a sweeping series of operations, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a significant haul of illicit drugs cleverly disguised in everyday items, including alcoholic drink sachets, women’s handbags, and even black soap tablets. These contraband packages were en route to destinations...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- A 52-year-old businessman Ejiofor Godwin Emeka has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) Kano following which a total of 127 wraps of cocaine concealed in his private part and stomach have...
Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier General Buba Marwa (Rtd.), has clarified the agency’s stance on cannabis oil, stating it supports regulated exportation while strongly opposing domestic consumption. Speaking at a stakeholders’ workshop in Abuja on Wednesday, Marwa emphasized that while the NDLEA is open...
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Adamawa State has dismantled a seven-hectare cannabis plantation and apprehended 58 individuals in a sweeping operation carried out throughout September. At a press briefing in Yola on Friday, the state Commander of Narcotics, Mr. Aliyu Abubakar, confirmed the arrests, which included 56...
Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 6 Brigade, in collaboration with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted two impostors posing as police officers in Taraba State. The suspects were caught transporting over a thousand blocks of cannabis in two Toyota Hilux vehicles. Acting Assistant Director...
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a businesswoman and several other suspects while intercepting illicit drug shipments concealed in creative ways, including butt pad underwear, phone chargers, and food items, at Lagos airport and across Nigeria. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday via the...
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is reeling from the sudden and tragic death of its Cross River State Commander, CN Ogbonna Maurice Uzoma, who was found lifeless in his hotel room in Calabar on Thursday morning, prompting the agency to order a full investigation into the circumstances. The...
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled an international organized criminal group operating across Nigeria, the UK, Brazil, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates, arresting three key leaders in a two-week intelligence-led operation in Lagos. The syndicate was busted after NDLEA operatives intercepted a large cocaine consignment hidden...
A total of 160,200 bottles of codeine-based syrup were discovered in a 40ft container during a joint examination of the shipment by NDLEA officers and men of Nigeria Customs and other security agencies at the West Africa Container Terminal (WACT) Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers state on Thursday...
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a 55-year-old alleged drug trafficking mastermind and five accomplices at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in connection with the wrongful detention of three Nigerian pilgrims in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The arrests, announced during a press briefing in Abuja on Monday,...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- A 50-year-old widow and fashion designer, Mrs. Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over attempt to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine, using fake pregnancy as a facade to escape scrutiny and detection. NDLEA spokesman, Mr....
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- In a major sting operation, NDLEA officers from the Directorate of Operation and General Investigation (DOGI) intercepted 90 parcels of Loud, a potent cannabis strain weighing 48.6kg, smuggled from the United States and cleverly concealed in three cartons of kitchen sinks at a Lagos courier...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a notorious drug kingpin, Sunday Ibigide, 36 in Asaba, Delta State. Ibigide was apprehended on August 10, 2025, while attempting to move 250 blocks of skunk weighing 138 kilograms using his distribution bus. A statement issued by...
Kano Strategic Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has detained 49 individuals for drug-related offenses involving various quantities of illegal substances across the state. In a statement issued on Wednesday in Kano, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, revealed that the arrests were made...
Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made significant strides in combating drug trafficking in the state. In July, the command arrested 46 suspects and seized a total of 39,983 kg of assorted illicit substances. State Commander Mitchell Ofoyeju disclosed that operations were driven by...
After months of fleeing abroad to evade arrest, the founder and General Overseer of The Turn of Mercy Church, Prophet Adefolusho Aanu Olasele (alias Abbas Ajakaiye) has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for masterminding multiple shipments of illicit drugs into Nigeria. The...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- A businessman Ajah Johnson Uchenna and his wife Rosemary Uchenna were on Monday 4th August 2025 sentenced to a total of 22 and a half years imprisonment by Justice Deinde Dipeolu of the Federal High Court 8 in Lagos for dealing in illicit drugs. The...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of cocaine and tramadol 225mg concealed in 71 vehicle side mirrors being sent to Libreville, Gabon through the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos. The operatives arrested no...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives conducting intelligence-led stop and search operations in Gwarimpa, Jahi, and Galadimawa areas of the FCT has arrested three dispatch riders for distributing illicit substances around the city. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna State has strongly denied allegations of demolishing civilian properties within its jurisdiction, labeling such reports as misleading attempts to discredit the military. Addressing journalists during a tour of the areas in question, Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations...