THE Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it arrested 262 suspected drug traffickers and seized 15, 253. 82kg of narcotics , including cannabis, cocaine , heroin and tramadol last year. In a statement on Wednesday , the State Commander , Mr . Buba Wakawa , said 180 were males while […]
The new Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd), on Monday, resumed office, promising to overhaul and expand the agency. He also said the number of drug users in Nigeria today is over 15 million people across all ages, adding that drug use has eaten […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja has intercepted 21.9kg of Cocaine. This contained in a statement signed by the NDLEA airport Commander, Mr Kabir Tsakuwa on Monday in Abuja. The statement signed by the agency’s Spokesman, Deputy Commander of Narcotics (DCN) Jonah Achema, the illicit substance concealed in […]
Former Military Administrator of Lagos and Borno states, Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) has been appointed as the Chairman/CEO of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) by President Muhammadu Buhari. As a close ally of President Buhari, Gen. Marwa had worked assidiously as Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee for the Elimination of Drug Abuse (PACEDA), […]
The Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, has asked the drug law enforcement agency, NDLEA, to halt the recruitment of 5,000 personnel. PREMIUM TIMES reported how the agency shortlisted 5,000 persons among those who applied to join it. The shortlisted applicants were to appear at the NDLEA academy in Jos to conclude their recruitment. […]
A ano Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday sentenced two men, Mohammad Sani, 24, and Saddam Ali, 27, to 12 strokes of cane each for dealing in Indian hemp and other illicit drugs. The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, were tried for being in possession of Indian hemp and liquid substance suspected to intoxicants. The Magistrate, […]
A 46-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested for possession of 55 grams of cocaine drug in Tiruvanmiyur by a special team of Adyar police. The accused Alif Oluwasun Ibrahim was secured on Saturday night based on a tip-off when he reached the Tiruvanmiyur bus terminus to board a bus to Puducherry to sell the cocaine […]
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 38-year-old man, Okorie Cyprian Raymond, for attempting to smuggle 12.05 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria. The suspect, however, denied knowing that the suitcase his friend allegedly gave him contained parcels of cocaine. The drug, which weighed 12.05 kilograms, was carefully packed in drink sachets of pineapple […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two suspected drug peddlers, including a 23-year-old Brazilian who disguised cocaine as chocolate. The spokesman of the agency, Jonah Schema, said on Wednesday in Abuja that the NDLEA, Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA) Special Area Command, Abuja, uncovered two new methods drug traffickers were adopting to […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered two new methods drug traffickers now adopt to evade the prying eyes of law enforcement personnel and this had led to the seizure of 14.4kg of cocaine. In a statement, Mr Jonah Achema, NDLEA spokesman said that the new methods were uncovered in two separate operations […]
