A 96-year-old retired soldier, Pa Joseph Owherhi, has been arrested in Suleja area of Niger state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for dealing in illicit drugs. The nonagenarian was arrested in his house at Rafin Sanyi area of Suleja on Saturday with three kilograms of skunk based on credible intelligence, […]
A suspected drug dealer has been arrested in a popular pentecostal church in Lagos. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) disclosed this on Sunday via a statement issued by its spokesman, Femi Babafemi, He said NDLEA operatives trailed the suspect to Ojodu Berger in the Ikeja area of the state. Channels Television gathered that […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an Italy-bound woman, Mrs. Nnadi Nora Chinyere, with 100 wraps and two parcels of heroin at the departure hall of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. Mrs. Nnadi was arrested on Tuesday August 3, 2021, during an outward clearance of passengers on Qatar Airways […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it arrested a woman who hid cocaine in her underwear at Lagos airport. Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the agency, disclosed in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. Babafemi said the suspect identified as Okafor Ebere Edith was arrested on Saturday, during the outward clearance of passengers on […]
Buba Marwa, chairman and chief executive officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has asked officers of the agency to crush drug cartels across Nigeria. Marwa spoke on Wednesday during a ceremony to decorate newly promoted deputy commanders-general of narcotics and assistant commanders-general of narcotics, (ACGNs) on Thursday in Abuja. He said the exercise was […]
Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), in Ijero local government area of Ekiti State, Babatunde Babade, has been arrested for trafficking illicit drugs. A statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, said the transport union leader was arrested along with two others; Ilesanmi […]
The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 51 year-old-man, Friday Ndimma for his alleged involvement in the sales of Indian hemp also known as marijuana. Ndimma hails from the Orsu Ihitte-Ukwa community in the Orsu Local Government Area of the state. According to the Imo state Commissioner of Police Abutu Yaro, preliminary investigations revealed […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two women, Chioma Afam, 36, and Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for allegedly trying to smuggle 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 from Onitsha, Anambra State to Gombe state. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Wednesday, said Afam used multiple identities and wore […]
A major illicit drug kingpin in Anambra, Okeke Chijioke (44), has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA). Okeke’s arrest on Saturday 10th July 2021 followed credible intelligence and surveillance, which confirmed he stocked his warehouse at 3 Atunya street, Maryland estate, Nkwelle, Oyi Local Government Area of the State, […]
The National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a consignment of heroin worth N6.5 billion at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. In a statement released on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA director of media and advocacy, said the intercepted substance weighs 26.150 kilogrammes. Babafemi said the illicit drugs arrived Lagos in 25 […]
