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NDLEA seizes ‘loud’ hidden in sound boxes at Lagos airport

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency intercepted a large consignment of loud, synthetic, strong strains of cannabis concealed in giant loudspeakers tucked in a consolidated cargo imported from New York, United States of America. The NDLEA disclosed this in a press statement signed by its Director of Media anf Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, […]

NDLEA nabs drug baron, others in Abia

  Abia State Government in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Abia Command Thursday seized a large amount of hard drugs and arrested a major drug lord, Adaobi Nweke, and other hard drug peddlers in Umuahia in a sting operation carried out by a joint operation in Umuahia. Drugs worth 1.217 kg […]

PHOTOS: NDLEA intercepts 1,274 parcels of Cocaine, Colorado in Lagos, 5.6m opioid pills in Kano

  . Arrests actual owner of drug consignment that caused airport fracas in viral video Operatives of different special units of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted large consignments of Cocaine and Colorado, a strong strain of cannabis, concealed in containerized household items and vehicles imported from Durban, South Africa and Canada […]

NDLEA recovers 300,000 tramadol pills smuggled in from Pakistan

  Operatives of the NDLEA recovered 300,000 tramadol pills at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, on Friday. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that the pills were smuggled in from Pakistan. He added that various quantities of tramadol and Indian hemp concealed in soles of sports canvas shoes and headed […]

NDLEA intercepts Canadian loud consignment at Lagos airport

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives at the weekend intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, an imported strong synthetic strain of cannabis, packaged in 324 bags with a gross weight of 111.2 kilograms in Onikan area of Lagos Island while being conveyed for distribution in an unregistered Grand Caravan […]

NDLEA intercepts Colos consignment from USA at Ikeja Airport

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos on New Year’s Day intercepted a consignment of Colorado, a very strong strain of cannabis, concealed in boxing kits imported from the United States of America. This was made known in a press statement released by […]

NDLEA arrests Qatar-based businessman, others for drug trafficking

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has intercepted a Qatar-based businessman, Agu Amobi, and one other, Uchegbu Obi, with consignments of psychoactive substances at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos. This was contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, December 31. Babafemi revealed […]

NDLEA arrests 70-year-old grandma, her son for drug trafficking

  ….as Agency’s sniffer dogs uncover cocaine in India-bound shipment Desperate attempts by transnational criminal organisations to flood Nigerian communities with large quantities of assorted illicit drugs during the yuletide season have been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who intercepted millions of tramadol 225mg pills, thousands of codeine syrup […]