Daredevil narcotics couriers who used the statue of Mary, Mother of Jesus, to conceal their illicit drugs have been arrested in Lagos. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted the drugs concealed in the statue and some in auto spare parts to be despatched to Canada and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). […]
A suspected notorious major supplier of illicit drugs in Abia State, Chibuike Apollos, was on Wednesday arrested during an early morning raid on his hideout at Mbausi in the Isialangwa North Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement that Apollos had […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two suspects who specialise in producing and selling drug cookies to school children and other unsuspecting members of the public in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The suspects, a 300-level university student, Rhoda Agboje, and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo were arrested for producing the cookies […]
Two suspected drug traffickers have excreted 191 pellets of heroin and cocaine while under observation at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, after. The incidents were said to have taken place on April 10 and 16 after the suspected traffickers were arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, MMIA Command. […]
The Nigerian Drug Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested some Chadians and Nigeriens supplying drugs to insurgents. They were arrested last week in Taraba and Niger States. NDLEA Chairman Buba Marwa disclosed this in Abuja when he and his team visited the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed. Marwa said the agency had […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday said it would use the database of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) to track drug barons and traffickers anywhere in the world. A statement from the NDLEA quoted the Chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, as giving the assurance during a courtesy visit to the Comptroller-General of […]
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has destroyed counterfeit drugs and vaccines, cosmetics, and expired food items worth over N2 billion. This is in line with the agency’s strategy aimed at eradicating fake drugs and other spurious regulated products from circulation in the country. The exercise took place in Kano […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a container load of Tramadol at the Apapa seaport in Lagos. This is as its operatives have arrested 90 persons including an Indian national during raids of some drug cartels in parts of Lagos where a total of 614.396kg of various hard drugs were seized. The […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has uncovered a warehouse of compressed cannabis Sativa in Abuja Estate, Port Harcourt , Rivers State . The state Commander , Rachael Shelleng , who announced this in a statement on Sunday, said officers of the agency stormed the cannabis warehouse in the early hours of Feb. 20. Shelleng […]
‘ The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted two suspected fake military officers in a new VIP edition of Toyota Hilux Jeep loaded with 394 compressed parcels of illicit drugs concealed in different parts of the vehicle. The spokesman of the agency, Jonah Achema, said on Tuesday in Abuja that the suspected fake […]
