Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted another batch of seven containers with 1,229,400 bottles of codeine worth N9, 835,200,000.00. The shipments were seized at the Onne Ports in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State. The seizure comes barely three weeks after 6,125 cartons of codeine syrup worth N7, 350,000,000.00 […]
A major drug cartel behind the production and distribution of deadly psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called ‘mkpuru mmiri’, has been taken down by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), following the arrest of the leader of the syndicate, 42-year-old Joachin Mbonu. A statement by Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have raided the Lagos base of a high-profile cocaine syndicate where large consignments of the class A drug meant for export and local distribution were recovered. According to the NDLEA, the syndicate is headed by a couple: Agbakoba John Mmadu, and Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized cocaine and methamphetamine worth over N4.1 billion and arrested several suspects, including siblings, in Aba, Abia State. In a press release on Sunday, the government agency said the NDLEA Special Operation Unit also uncovered a warehouse in Lagos stocked with codeine-based syrup and arrested four […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested four pilgrims headed to Hajj in Saudi Arabia with substances suspected to be cocaine. The suspects were Usman Kamorudeen, Olasunkanmi Owolabi, Fatai Yekini, and Ayinla Kemi. In a statement on Thursday, Femi Babafemi, spokesperson for the NDLEA, said the suspects were caught in […]
A 70-year-old grandfather has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with 57.2kg of cannabis in Nasarawa State. Also arrested were two suspects with 426kg of cannabis in Ekiti State, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. This is as the anti-narcotics agency seized codeine-based […]
The number of Nigerians in Thailand prisons for drug trafficking has reduced by 75 per cent, according to an estimation by Channels Television from statistics obtained from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). While quoting the Charge d’affaires/Deputy Head of Mission of the Royal Thai Embassy in Nigeria, Kriwat Pharmorabuta, a statement […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted cocaine concealed in buckets of shea butter heading for the United Kingdom. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared a video on his X account on Sunday, showing the moment NDLEA officers discovered the contraband. Additionally, the video highlights the agency’s success in […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA said on Sunday that following its war against illicit drug abuse, its operatives at the weekend intercepted three trailer loads of opioids comprising three million four hundred and fifty thousand (3,450,000) pills and three hundred and forty-four thousand (344,000) bottles of codeine syrup in Lagos state. Spokesman […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said two notorious drug kingpins, Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian and Agbo Chidike Prince, have been sentenced to life imprisonment, bringing an end to their years of criminal enterprise of exporting cocaine across continents. According to NDLEA, Uwaezuoke’s journey to lifetime jail began when he was first arrested on […]
