Troops of the 192 Battalion Nigerian Army, operating in the 81 Division Area of Responsibility, have successfully intercepted a suspected international drug syndicate smuggling a large quantity of Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana). On Tuesday, July 18, 2023, responding to actionable intelligence, the troops conducted a stop and search operation along Ajilete Road in Yewa South […]
Qatar-based drug kingpins, Eyah Celestine Nnamdi, alias Murphy and Ugwuoke Peter Oluchukwu have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA following the interception of their methamphetamine consignment at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos. Ugwuoke was the first to be arrested on 9th June during the outward […]
The General Overseer of the Seraphic and Sabbath Assembly, Lagos State, Priest Azuka Kenrick Nnodu and two others have been convicted by the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos for drugs offences. The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, had in February arrested Azuka Kenrick. He was arrested along with a […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized 126 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 63 kilograms concealed in a used Toyota Corolla car imported from Toronto, Canada at the Tincan port in Lagos. This is even as an attempt by a freight agent, Mordi Chukwuemeka Samuel, […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has asked a federal high court in Abuja to dismiss a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against President-elect Bola Tinubu. The PDP and Dino Melaye, a chieftain of the party, had filed an order of mandamus to compel the NDLEA to arrest and prosecute Tinubu […]
A widower, Ariyibi Ahmed Olaseinde and a divorcee, Akanbi Silifat Tunrayo who were going for lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for attempting to export 14.4 kilograms of cocaine concealed in lace and […]
A Lekki-based businessman, Cyril Chidiebere, was arrested alongside two of his freight agents; Mejabi Sunday and Oyeyinka Babatunde, over their involvement in the importation of 12 parcels of Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 6.50kg which was part of a consolidated cargo brought in from the United States of America. The arrest and seizure […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a businessman, Molokwu Nwachukwu, who frequents China, Dubai, Pakistan, and Vietnam, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos for concealing thirty-six (36) parcels of cocaine in different parts of his check-in bags, hand luggage and two pairs of slippers, while heading […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested the founder and General Overseer of Seraphic and Sabbath Assembly, Lagos State, High Priest Nnodu Azuka Kenrick; a student of Emmanuel College of Theology, Samanda, Ibadan, Oyo State, Udezuka Udoka and their freight agent, Oyoyo Mary Obasi. They were arrested over attempt to […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have again seized 75.75kg worth of Cannabis Indica concealed in used vehicles imported from Canada. This burst comes barely a month after operatives at the Tincan seaport intercepted a consignment of 24.5kgs of the same substance, which came from Montreal, Canada, hidden in a container […]
