Crime

Man Choked by Ingested Drugs, Vomits, Excretes 80 Wraps of Cocaine

Web News 7 April 2024 372 0

By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Delhi, India-bound passenger, Freeman Charles Ogbonna at the screening point of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for ingesting 80 wraps of cocaine. Ogbonna Continue Reading

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NDLEA Intercepts Vietnam-bound Bizman with Cocaine

Web News 3 March 2024 802 0

By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a 40-year-old businessman, Ejike Chibuke Solomon with 1.45 kilograms of cocaine concealed in his luggage while attempting to board an Ethiopia Airlines flight number 950 to Vietnam via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja. Ejike was Continue Reading

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NDLEA Nabs Woman with Cocaine in Private Part, Drug Peddler on Bail

Web News 6 August 2023 266 0

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a fake couple Mr Onyebuchi Ilonzeh and his partner in crime, who identified as Mrs Nonyelum Ilonzeh, purportedly going for medical treatment in India, for ingesting 184 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.322 kilograms with 100grams of the drug also concealed in the woman’s vagina. The […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Arrests Drug Baron, Mule Given Cocaine Wraps to Swallow

Web News 23 July 2023 285 0

Nemesis has caught up with a notorious drug kingpin who specializes in sponsoring young Nigerians to traffick Class A drugs to Europe, especially Italy. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), stormed his hotel room in Okota area of Lagos late on Friday 21st July as he was preparing a recruited courier to […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Arrests Intending Lesser Hajj Pilgrims with Cocaine

Web News 23 April 2023 555 0

By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja, Lagos State, have arrested a widower, Ariyibi Ahmed Olaseinde and a divorcee, Akanbi Silifat Tunrayo who were going for lesser hajj in Saudi Arabia for attempting to export 14.4 kilograms of cocaine concealed in lace […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Arrests Another Saudi-bound Passenger with Cocaine in Sandals

Web News 27 November 2022 465 0

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend disrupted the activities of a major cocaine syndicate in Lagos following the arrest of a 56-year-old trafficker, Lawal Lateef Oyenuga who was on a mission to deliver 400grams of the class A drug concealed in a pair of palm sandals in Jeddah, Saudi […]Continue Reading

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Ex-convict Returns To Nigeria With 4.56kg Of Cocaine

Web News 22 May 2022 529 0

An ex-convict, Okechukwu Francis Amaechi, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Port Harcourt International Airport for importing cocaine. The agency in a statement issued on Sunday said Okechukwu finished serving a drug trafficking prison sentence in Brazil in March 2022. Okechukwu was caught with 4.56kg crack concealed in lawnmower […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Intercepts Traffickers with Cocaine in Teabags

Web News 24 April 2022 837 0

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has thwarted fresh attempts by Brazil-based drug cartels to smuggle Cocaine into Nigeria in teabags. NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday, says that the latest attempts were foiled at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja and Murtala Muhammed International Airport […]Continue Reading

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Checking Growing Use of Hard Drugs among Teenagers

Web News 27 January 2022 1356 0

The upsurge in the use of hard drugs remains a source of concern globally because of its effect on users, their families and loved ones. In this report, Labizat Oduntan looks at the growing use of hard drugs among teenagers in the country. Last year, a video went viral showing a young man drenched by […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Oyo Command Nabs Ninety-Five Suspects

Web News 3 April 2021 586 0

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Oyo State Command has arrested ninety-five suspects for various drug offences from January to March this year. NDLEA Commander in Oyo State, Mrs Josephine Obi, who disclosed this to newsmen in Ibadan, said the drugs caught with the suspects included  sativa, tramadol, diazepam, cocaine, codeine and rohypnol. Mrs Obi Continue Reading