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 […]
The Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has arrested a total of 5,0901 drug offenders, including the apprehension of 46 drug barons in the last three years. The Chairman of the agency, Brig-Gen Muhammed Marwa (retd.), made this known on Monday at the inauguration and handing over ceremony of an operational facility built […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted a commercial bus conveying N3.2million counterfeit cash owned by three suspects, including eight-month pregnant Favour Peter, 24; Esther Adukwu, 27, and Ochigbo Michael, 39. They were arrested at Jabi Park in Abuja in a follow-up operation on Tuesday following the seizure of […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Delhi, India-bound passenger, Freeman Charles Ogbonna, at the screening point of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos for ingesting 80 wraps of cocaine. Ogbonna was arrested on Sunday, March 31, 2024, while attempting to board his flight […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have detained a 35-year-old lady, Chidinma Chinenye-Agbazue, after she was caught attempting to export 20 parcels of Cannabis Sativa weighing 10.70kg to Doha, Qatar through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. The illicit drugs were said to have been concealed in African salad popularly […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has warned the public, particularly those with relatives abroad, about a new fraudulent scheme being orchestrated by impersonators posing as NDLEA officers. This was made known in a statement by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared on the agency’s website on Saturday. The statement […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a 30-yeard-old dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, for allegedly selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to school students and at social parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The NDLEA Spokesperson, Femi Bbafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said officers of […]
