Crime

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

Web News 7 April 2024 371 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 Arrests Stylist, Dispatch Rider for Selling Drugged Chin-chin to Students

Web News 17 March 2024 419 0

By Olaolu Fawole A 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to students and at social parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. NDLEA officers on patrol around Opolo area of Yenagoa […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Swoops on Skuchies Factories, Arrests 26-Year-Old Lady

Web News 10 March 2024 206 0

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have nabbed a 26-year-old lady, Obasanmi Esther Iyanu, who produces and distributes skuchies during a raid on her hideout in Osogbo, the Osun state capital. At least, 16.5 litres of the illicit substance and different quantities of molly and cannabis were recovered from her during the […]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 Arrests Female Lawyer Who Inherited Illegal Drug Trade from Father

Web News 18 February 2024 768 0

By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a large consignment of Loud, a synthetic strong strain of cannabis, concealed in giant loudspeakers tucked in a consolidated cargo imported from New York, United States of America. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy of NDLEA in a statement on Sunday, […]Continue Reading

Health

First Lady Urges State Govts to Fight Substance Abuse

Web News 13 February 2024 215 0

By Yosi Ardel (Abuja) The First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has urged state governments to prioritize the fight against substance abuse in their strategic work plans for a safe and secure society. Mrs Tinubu stated this at the opening ceremony of a two-day drug prevention, treatment, and care training organized by the NDLEA for the spouses […]Continue Reading

Crime

NDLEA Nabs Man for Supplying Drugs to Terrorists

Web News 11 February 2024 198 0

The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it has arrested a 42-year old man, Ahmad Mohammed, responsible for supplying drugs to insurgents in Borno State. In a statement on Sunday by agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the suspect is part 24 suspected traffickers and dealers recently arrested by its operatives. The statement revealed […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Intercepts Over 14 Tons of ‘Loud’ in Lagos

Web News 4 February 2024 384 0

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, have intercepted large consignments of Ghanaian Loud smuggled into Lagos in two trucks and a J5 bus with a total weight of 14, 524.8 kilogrammes. The NDLEA Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, the three vehicles […]Continue Reading

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Brazil Returnee Nabbed with 60 Wraps of Cocaine

Web News 28 January 2024 302 0

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Brazil returnee, Udechukwu Ekene Theophilus at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for ingesting 60 big wraps of cocaine. The suspect who was arrested during inward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, […]Continue Reading

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Army Hands over 176 kg Cannabis, Suspect to NDLEA

Web News 14 January 2024 198 0

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke  The Nigerian Army,35 Artillery Brigade has handed over 365 pieces of pawpaw-size wrapped cannabis sativa weighing about 176 kg to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ogun State Command. The Commander, 35 Artillery Brigade, Brigadier-General Mohammed Aminu, who was represented by the Garrison Commander, Colonel Legborsi Nule at the Continue Reading

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NDLEA Intercepts ‘Colorado’ consignment in Boxing Kits

Web News 7 January 2024 164 0

By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos on New Year day, Monday 1st January 2024 intercepted a consignment of Colorado, a very strong strain of cannabis, concealed in boxing kits imported from the United States of America. A weeklong intelligence-led operation […]Continue Reading

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Borno Youths Take Fermented Urine, Lizard Dung, NDLEA Raises Alarm

Web News 5 January 2024 312 0

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Thursday, raised the alarm that youths in Borno State are drinking fermented human urine, preserved over 10 days, as an alternative to hard drugs. The Commander of Narcotics of the NDLEA in Borno State, Iliyasu Mani, disclosed this in a statement in Maiduguri. He said abuse of psychoactive […]Continue Reading

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Chief of Defence Staff Lauds NDLEA, Promises to Expose Traffickers

Web News 18 December 2023 172 0

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa is currently meeting with the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Major General Buba Marwa (retd.), at the NDLEA National Headquarters, Garki, Area 11, Abuja. Musa has also assured the NDLEA of his commitment to help expose drug traffickers and abusers. The PUNCH reports that […]Continue Reading

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Drug Trafficker Excretes 86 Wraps of Heroin

Web News 5 November 2023 183 0

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 […]Continue Reading

Security

NDLEA Arrest Two Drug Kingpins

Web News 15 October 2023 247 0

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have taken into custody two wanted heads of transnational criminal organisations with a multi-billion-naira worth of illicit drugs. The anti-narcotics agency also seized assets from the traffickers after weeks of intelligence-led operations within and outside the country. This was made known on Sunday by the Continue Reading

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Sexagenarian Engages in Drug Trafficking to Marry New Wife

Web News 8 October 2023 413 0

By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 67-year-old trafficker, Chukwuemeka Clement, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine, a criminal enterprise he claimed he ventured into to raise enough money to marry a new wife and start life afresh after […]Continue Reading

Security

NDLEA Sets Record Straight on Mohbad’s Alleged Poisoning

Web News 17 September 2023 385 0

The spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Femi Babafemi, has slammed claims that the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka MohBad, was poisoned in their custody. In an X post on Saturday, Babafemi argued that the deceased was not one of the Marlian Music acts arrested by the agency in 2022, as speculated by […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Nabs South African Drug Peddler at Abuja Airport

Web News 27 August 2023 257 0

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 29-year-old South African, Erasmus Jean-Pierre for allegedly attempting to export 2.6 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in his luggage to the Middle East through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Wednesday. In a statement signed by the Media Officer of the NDLEA, Femi Babfemi and […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Hunts Drug Dealer for Crushing Operative

Web News 23 August 2023 259 0

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has launched a manhunt for a Lekki Lagos-based notorious drug dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, who is now on the run after driving his luxury car to crush an officer in his bid to escape arrest when operatives were on a search of his house last weekend. Anti-narcotics officers […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Uncovers Opioids Worth N4.8bn in Lagos Warehouse

Web News 20 August 2023 336 0

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Sunday, recovered N4.8 billion Worth Of Opioids in a warehouse in Lagos and also intercepted $ 20 million counterfeit notes in Abuja; arrests wanted teenage bandits in Sokoto. The Agency made this known in a statement signed by its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi shared […]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 Nabs Artistes’ Manager Peddling Drugs at Lagos VIP Clubs

Web News 30 July 2023 296 0

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Lekki-based artistes’ manager and his Ikoyi business accomplice who specialize in distributing illicit drugs to fun seekers at VIP night clubs and lounges in Lekki and Island axis of Lagos state. Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi said their arrest followed an […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Operatives Allegedly Kill Two  

Web News 27 July 2023 287 0

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have allegedly shot dead two persons including one Gafar Yusuf, in the Idioro area of Mushin, Lagos State. According to reports, the NDLEA operatives stormed the community around 10 pm on Wednesday to raid a drug den when they started shooting sporadically in a bid to achieve […]Continue Reading

Security

NDLEA Recruitment: Final Lists of Successful Candidates Out

Web News 23 July 2023 297 0

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has released the final lists of successful candidates for the 2023 recruitment exercise for Narcotic Officer and Narcotic Assistant cadres. A statement released on Sunday by the agency spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said successful candidates for cadet, trainees are to report at the NDLEA Academy in Jos and NSCDC College […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Arrests Drug Baron, Mule Given Cocaine Wraps to Swallow

Web News 23 July 2023 284 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