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 […]
The Lagos Command of the National Law Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has clamped down on a Cannabis warehouse in Lagos state, seizing over five tons of Cannabis worth about N24 million. The Lagos NDLEA Commander, Mr. Ralph Igwenagu (Commander of Narcotics), during the display of the exhibit in Lagos on Thursday said the substance was […]
An attempt by one Okorie Cyprian Raymond to allegedly smuggle hard drugs into Nigeria has been foiled by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Command, Abuja. Okorie was arrested during the inward clearance of Ethiopian Airline flight 911 from Sao Paulo, Brazil en-route Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. According to NDLEA spokesman, Jonah […]
A Federal High Court in Lagos Monday remanded two Benin Republic nationals Sunday Oluwafemi and Kouboura Salou accused of smuggling cocaine into Nigeria. Justice Nicholas Oweibo ordered that both men be kept in Correctional Services custody till December 2, when their bail applications will be heard and determined. Sunday and Kouboura, of Ayelewaje Village, Benin, […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA) Special Area Command, has foiled an attempt by an intending student to smuggle 13.55 kilogrammes of cannabis to Cyprus. The Head of Public Affairs, NDLEA, Mr Jonah Achema made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Achema said that the suspected […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan Zonal Office , on Tuesday, arrested two ladies , Jumoke Ayodele and Opeoluwa Temitayo , for allegedly attempting to smuggle a substance believed to be a hard drug to suspects in the commission’ s custody. The substance, according to a medical officer with the commission, is ‘ colorado […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arrested 44 persons suspected to be dealing in illicit drugs in Anambra State between April and September this year . The Commander of the agency in the state, Mohammed Idris , who disclosed this on Wednesday in Awka, said four of the suspects were females. He said 19 of […]
