Tag: heroin

  • Drug Trafficker Excretes 86 Wraps of Heroin

    Drug Trafficker Excretes 86 Wraps of Heroin

    By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have recovered Fourteen Million, Four Hundred and Eighty One Thousand, Five Hundred and Nineteen (14, 481, 519) pills of Tramadol and bottles of codeine syrup worth over Thirteen Billion Naira (N13,000,000,000) in street value in three major busts of drug cartels operating in Amuwo…

  • NDLEA Arrests India-bound Businessman with 9.40kg Heroin

    By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a businessman, Kingsley Celestino at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos over 9.40 kilograms of heroin concealed in false bottoms of his two travelling bags. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy of NDLEA on Sunday, in a statement, said, Kingsley,…

  • NDLEA Intercepts N4.5b Heroin in Baby Food

    Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted 22 blocks of heroin weighing 23.55kilograms concealed in packs of Nestle Cerelac baby food at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. The consignment according to a statement by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi with a street value of over…

  • Checking Growing Use of Hard Drugs among Teenagers

    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…