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NDLEA seizes US, UK, Europe-bound cocaine, opioids in Lagos

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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have intercepted various quantities of cocaine and opioids such as tramadol, pentazocine injection, morphine sulphate and ketamine injection in Lagos. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja said

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NDLEA arrests couple, recovers N2.1bn drug worth in Lagos

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has arrested a couple, Mmadu Agbakoba and Ijeoma Agbakoba as well as their associate, for trafficking in cocaine worth N2.1 billion. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said they were arrested during a […]

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World Drug Day: Tinubu rallies support for drug war

Ihesiulo Grace 26 June 2024 0

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has pledged more support for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in its fight against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking. The President made the pledge as Special Guest of Honour, at the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, otherwise known as World Drug Day, on Wednesday in […]

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NDLEA bursts snake-guarded shrine used to store illicit drugs, arrests 2 in Edo

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA) has busted a snake-guarded shrine used for the storage of illicit drugs in Egor community near Benin, Edo State. Mr Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the NDLEA operatives had […]

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51.90kg heroin: NDLEA nets 3 wanted kingpins, intercepts Oman-bound drug consignment

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By Temitope Adebayo Over two months after they were declared wanted, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three members of an organised criminal organisation which specialises in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America following the recent seizure of the single largest consignment of

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NDLEA arrests India-bound passenger who excreted 80 wraps of cocaine

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..Seizes 2,144 parcels of hemp in Lagos The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a Delhi, India-bound passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja on March 31 for ingesting 80 wraps of cocaine. Its spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that the passenger was to board a Doha-bound flight en-route […]

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NDLEA nabs Vietnam-bound businessman with cocaine at Abuja airport

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By Tunde Opalana Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have nabbed a 40-year-old businessman, Ejike Chibuke Solomon with 1.45 kilograms of cocaine. Solomon was arrested on Saturday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja while attempting to board an Ethiopia Airlines Flight 950 to Vietnam through Addis Ababa. A statement on Sunday […]

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NDLEA intercepts illicit drug consignment from US

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By Chukwuemeke Iwelunmo Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted a large consignment of loud, a synthetic strong strain of cannabis, concealed in giant loudspeakers tucked in a consolidated cargo imported from New York, United States of America. In a statement, the NDLEA spokesman Mr Femi Babafemi says, when the giant […]

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Alleged billionaire drug baron now in NDLEA net

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…Another arrested suspect offers $3000 bribe for freedom By our reporter National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday disclosed that it had taken into custody an alleged drug baron, identified as Hakeem Babatunde Salami. NDLEA described him as ”the arrowhead of ‘Tajudeen Babatunde Abioye Transnational Criminal Organization’.” It said the

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NDLEA refutes police claim on Mohbad’s arrest, detention inquiry

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has strongly denied the claims made by the police regarding their response to an inquiry related to the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. In a news conference held in Lagos on Friday, the police alleged that the NDLEA had not yet confirmed the accuracy of […]

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19-year-old Cyprus-bound student nabbed at Lagos airport allegedly with hard drugs

Ihesiulo Grace 17 July 2023 0

Tongues were set wagging when a teenager, identified as 19-year-old Ben N. Deberechi, was nabbed by operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly attempting to export 7.2 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in a sack of crayfish. He was heading to Cyprus for undergraduate studies before his arrest at the Murtala Mohammed International […]

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Group collaborates with FRSC, NDLEA to tackle drug abuse by drivers

Ihesiulo Grace 29 April 2023 0

By Temitope Adebayo A group, Motivators Crib Africa, has partnered with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to tackle drug abuse among drivers across the country. The group’s Executive Director, Mr Nwokocha Chijioke, who made the disclosure in Osogbo, Osun State, explained that the partnership was to reawaken […]

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NDLEA intercepts drug consignments in winter jackets, body lotion at Lagos Airport

Ihesiulo Grace 17 April 2023 0

BY CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO Consignments of Tramadol, Rohypnol, Ecstasy (Designer drug) and Cannabis concealed in winter jackets and bottles of body cream have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos. The psychoactive substances according to Femi Babafemi of Media and

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NDLEA arrests bizman, intercepts cocaine, meth heading to Vietnam, Brazil, Italy

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2023 0

BY CHUKWUEMEKE IWELUNMO Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a businessman, Molokwu Nwachukwu, who frequents China, Dubai, Pakistan and Vietnam, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos, for concealing thirty-six (36) parcels of cocaine in different parts of his check-in bags, hand luggage and two pairs of

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NDLEA applauds HoR for rejecting Cannabis Bill

Ihesiulo Grace 27 March 2023 0

BY STEPHEN GBADAMOSI The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier-General Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), has commended members and leaders of the House of Representatives for rejecting yet another attempt to push through a bill to decriminalise cannabis cultivation, sale and use in Nigeria on the floor of the Green Chamber […]

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Bill to bar drug users from public offices coming

Ihesiulo Grace 28 January 2023 0

BY NGOZI EMEDOLIBE The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has disclosed that it is working on a Bill to stop drug users from participating in governance at all levels of administration in Nigeria. The Chairman of the Agency, Brig Gen. Buba Marwa disclosed this during a radio interview monitored by Daily Times in Lagos […]

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NDLEA arrests 18940, secures 3,324 convictions in 2 years

Ihesiulo Grace 28 December 2022 0

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested no fewer than 18,940 people for different drug related offences in the last two years. Brig-Gen Mohammed Buba -Marwa, the Chairman and chief executive of the agency, made this known in Yola on Tuesday while receiving an award of excellence in recognition of his […]

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NDLEA intercepts Brazil returnee with cocaine, other substances

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2022 0

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted parcels of cocaine concealed in different parts of a travel bag brought into Nigeria by a Brazil returnee, Charles Uchemadu. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the suspect who was […]

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Drug war: NDLEA arrests 20 suspects in 4 states

Ihesiulo Grace 14 November 2022 0

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested no fewer than 20 suspects for drug-related crimes in four states. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, who said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, named the states as Edo, Ogun, Osun and Ondo. He said that operatives in Ogun state in the early […]

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Illicit drugs: NDLEA arrests 75-yr-old grandfather, 21 others in seven states

Ihesiulo Grace 26 September 2022 0

BY BENJAMIN OMOIKE The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a 75-year-old grandfather, Usman Bokina Bajama, and 21 other suspects in operations across seven states during which 1,001,387 bottles/capsules of banned new psychoactive substance, Akuskura and Tramadol were seized. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja on Sunday, said