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 […]
…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 operation to capture him took […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 Advocacy of […]
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 slippers, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 2,536 kilograms […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 249,600 tablets of Tramadol (225mg) from a shipment from India at the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO) import shed of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said […]
By Stephen Gbadamosi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have uncovered no fewer than 442 parcels of Crystal Methamphetamine concealed in heads of fishes packed in cartons for export to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) through the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. The 11.90 kilogrammes consignment […]
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. Babafemi said that the suspect, who was arrested on Aug. 3, […]
Reports reaching us states that a new Drug Lab was found in VGC. According to a press statement that was issued on July 30, 2022, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) discovered a string operation in K-5A/2, road 14, based on information collection, at around 15:00 hours. The state government will seal the property […]
By Tom Garba The anti-drug agency in Nigeria, NDLEA, has nabbed 11 women and seized over 3,000 kgs of concealed drugs within the year. The agency says it has in various crackdowns within the year, arrested about 296 persons for various drug-related offences. NDLEA revealed that during the crackdown, a drug lord who instigated a […]
Nosa Akenzua, Asaba Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a huge methamphetamine-making laboratory in Asaba, the capital of Delta State. Officials of the agency’s Special Enforcement Team (SET) also busted the masterminds of the major drug trafficking organization when they arrested eight suspects, four of them Mexican nationals, four Nigerians. […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it is committed to clamping down on the consumption of methamphetamine, popularly known as mkpurummiri, noting that the consequences on mental health are worrisome to the society. Mr Isah Adoro, Commander of NDLEA, Ebonyi State Command, made the remarks during a one-day security sensitisation campaign, organised by […]