Joy Joseph, Lagos. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have again seized illicit drugs including cocaine, heroin and cannabis, all weighing 37.3kilograms; with seven suspects arrested. It was learnt that the seizures were made in five different bids, as the drug traffickers tried to import some of the substance into Nigeria, while others attempted […]
*Seize $24,500 offered as bribe to compromise investigation A Brazil based drug kingpin, Ejiofor Enwereaku, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with 36 blocks of cocaine, weighing 27.95 kilogrammes with a street value of over N8billion, intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The drug […]
Investigators from the State Criminal Police Office and the Hanover Customs Investigation Office prevented the smuggling of over 700 kilogrammes of cocaine into Germany, the customs office said on Friday. READ ALSO: Tesla gets court approval to clear forest for German Gigafactory “The seized drugs had a street sale value of over 50 million Euros […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 62-year-old man, Nurudeen Aremu, to nine years in jail for trafficking in cocaine. Aremu was charged by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on three -count bordering on conspiracy and drug trafficking. Aremu was first arraigned on March 7, during which he pleaded not guilty […]
Drug smugglers have abandoned 6.155 kg of heroin at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. The banned drug which originated from Pakistan was left unclaimed on the conveyor belt at the arrival hall during the inward screening of passengers on Etihad Airways flight, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said. NDLEA commander at […]
British police on Thursday said they seized more than 3 tons of cocaine with a record street value of some $750m from a tugboat off the north-eastern coast of Scotland. Officers detained the nine Turkish crew members found on board the vessel after it was boarded in a joint operation by border police and the […]