The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 179.090 kilograms of various hard drugs in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) within the first week of October. The NDLEA, FCT Commander, Mr Lawan Hamisu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the seizure was excluding the liquid-based drugs such as […]
The National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it destroyed fake drugs and counterfeit products worth N3.2 billion in Kano State in the last two years. Mr Shaba Mohammed, the state’s Coordinator of the Agency, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kano. Mohammed […]
A suspected cannabis farmer, Clement Akor, has begged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA to take his life instead of destroying his 10-hectare cannabis plantation. Akor, a 42 years old father of six children from Enabo village in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State was arrested by the Kogi State command of NDLEA […]
US Customs and Border Protection agents seized a whopping 78 pounds of cocaine worth more than $1 million after it washed up on a Florida beach, officials said. Last Monday, a beachgoer on Hollywood Beach in Hollywood, Fla., discovered 30 packages containing the massive amount of drugs on the shoreline, according to authorities. The sunbather […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency , Katsina State Command, said it arrested seven drug traffickers between August 18 and August 25, 2020 NDLEA spokesman in Katsina , Mustapha Maikudi , announced the development in a statement on Saturday. He said 73- year -old Umar Abdullahi of Mani Local Government Area of the state was […]
The Federal Government has applauded the acquittal of a Nigerian, Ibrahim Abubakar Ibrahim , by a court in Saudi Arabia. He was set free on Thursday by the Saudi authorities after being tried and acquitted on allegations of drug trafficking by three courts. Ibrahim , who was sponsored by the Zamfara State Government to perform […]
It was a glimpse of a glow of a cigarette behind the shutters of an abandoned house that led Italian police to the crime boss they had been tracking for more than a week. Officers had stopped a man on the street in the remote Calabrian village of Bruzzano Zeffirio, at the southern tip of […]
The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has announced the discovery of the longest drug-smuggling tunnel ever to be found on, or rather, under the US-Mexican border. The tunnel is more than 1,313 meters long, starting in an industrial section of Tijuana and ending near an area which houses several warehouses in San Diego. The Washington Post reports that […]
It is most unfortunate, howbeit inexplicable, that in spite of the fact that these officers were armed and greatly out-numbered my brother, his arrest ended up with deep life-threatening machete cuts all over his body. Making the arrest appear more like a case of attempted murder, rather than a mere arrest. It was expected that as experienced superior officers, Mrs Kemi and her officers, should be fully aware that the rules of engagement do not permit the use of arms and/or unreasonable force on an unarmed suspect.
