NDLEA arrests engineer, seizes 1,323kg of cannabis in multiple operations
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Egwu Phillip Inya, a building engineer, while attempting to receive illicit drugs concealed in imported pressure…
NDLEA arrests Nigerian businessman for smuggling 700 grammes of cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 59-year-old Nigerian businessman, Ezeokoli Sylva, for allegedly smuggling 700 grammes of cocaine concealed in his stomach. The arrest took…
NDLEA arrests businessman at Enugu airport for ingesting 90 wraps of cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 50-year-old businessman, Osuoha Christian Iheanacho, at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu, for ingesting 90 wraps of…
NDLEA foils major drug export attempts to UK, Italy, others
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have thwarted attempts by drug syndicates to export large consignments of cocaine, methamphetamine, and opioids through Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos…
NDLEA Seizes Cocaine Worth N4bn At Lagos Airport
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have seized cocaine consignments worth N4bn at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos. The NDLEA said its operatives…
NDLEA nabs 2 businessmen, Canada-based nurse at Lagos airport for cocaine, loud trafficking
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos have arrested two businessmen for attempting to import and export cocaine pellets…
NDLEA arrests Thailand returnee with N3.1bn heroine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, have arrested a Thailand returnee, Oguejiofor Simonpeter, for importing 13.30kg of heroin worth over N3.192bn.…
NDLEA arrests Canadian for importing illicit drugs
A 41-year-old Canadian woman, Adrienne Munju, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, for importing a large consignment of…
NDLEA arrests 80-year-old grandpa with drugs, intercepts N14.9bn opioids
An 80-year-old grandfather, Aremu Shojobi, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency with 14 kilogrammes of cannabis. According to the agency, Shojobi confessed to selling…
Wanted ‘Drug Baron’ Behind Four Cocaine Shipments To Saudi Arabia, Qatar arrested
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have taken into custody a wanted drug baron, Alhaji Suleiman Ganiu Aremu (a.k.a Barryshine) two years after coming under the radar…
NDLEA intercepts cocaine, opioids hidden in sanitary pads, hair cream
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted consignments of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads and hair treatment cream containers heading to the United…
Wanted Ex-Beauty Queen Surrenders To NDLEA After Eight Months
A wanted ex-beauty queen, Aderinoye Queen Christmas, has surrendered to the Lagos State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency after about eight months in hiding. The Director of…
NDLEA intercepts 31 million pills, bottles of opioids worth N17.9billion at Lagos, PH ports
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a total of Thirty-One Million One Hundred and Twenty-Four Thousand Six Hundred (31, 124, 600) pills of tramadol 225mg…
Vietnam-bound businessman excretes 68 wraps of cocaine at Lagos airport
A Vietnam-bound businessman, Ibeanusi Nosike, has excreted 68 wraps of cocaine after he was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport…
Kwankwaso’s nephew arrested over N347m drug scam
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested five persons, including Alhaji Mohammed Kabara, Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, over an alleged multi-billion naira…