Crime Facts

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 […]

NDLEA Busts Katsina Wedding Drug Party, Arrests Groom, Others

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Katsina State, acting on intelligence have disrupted a pre-wedding ceremony drug abuse competition in a community popularly known as Shola Quarters, Katsina and arrested 25 youths participating in the drug party. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said this on Sunday in a statement. […]

NDLEA arrests businessman with cocaine at Enugu airport

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has revealed that its operatives intercepted 12 consignments of cocaine belonging to members of a drug trafficking organisation, at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, on Saturday, December 9. The spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi revealed that the 12 cocaine consignments was recovered from a businessman, Augustine […]

NDLEA sets N2.6bn worth of illicit drugs ablaze

  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday in Abuja, destroyed over 30 tons of illicit drugs and substances worth an estimated street value of N2.58 billion. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the drugs were seized by operatives of the FCT Command of the NDLEA and that of the Nnamdi […]

NDLEA Uncovers Illicit Drugs Concealed In Dolls, Local Soap, Milo Tins

  Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered illicit substances bound for Europe, United Arab Emirates and Asia. Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the illicit substances intercepted included various quantities of methamphetamine and opioids concealed in hems of new jeans trousers, dolls, buttons, local […]