NDLEA arrests Ogun poly student, others with illicit drugs National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Operatives have arrested a 22-year-old Higher National Diploma (HND) 1 female student of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Susan Isoyo. The anti-drug agency’s officials nabbed Isoyo, for possessing codeine-based cough syrup and 283 grams of…
NDLEA to go after drug peddlers in Niger before elections – Commander The Niger Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it will go after peddlers of illicit drugs to sanitize the political process before the general elections in February. Mr Haruna Kwetishe, the NDLEA Commander in…
Customs intercept marijuana worth N20.6m The Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted 317 packages of cannabis sativa also known as Marijuana worth N20.6 million. This was revealed by the Niger/Kogi Comptroller Busayo Kadejo when he handed over the hard drugs to the Niger state Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement…
NDLEA Arrests Fleeing Drug Baron, Nabs Woman Linked To Pakistani Cocaine Syndicate Ten days after he was declared wanted, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested fleeing Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Alhaji Ademola Afolabi Kazeem (a.k.a Alhaji Abdallah Kazeem Muhammed) over offences bordering…
Man arrested by NDLEA operatives for concealing illicit drugs in his car tyre A man has been arrested by NDLEA operatives for concealing illicit drugs in his car tyre. The drugs which consist majorly tramadol was hidden inside the tyre of the car and the man was traveling with it…
Kaduna woman bags 30-month imprisonment for drugs possession Justice Mohammed Garba, of the Federal High Court in Kaduna on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old woman, Helen Carlos, to 30 months imprisonment for unlawful possession of illicit drugs. Garba sentenced her after she pleaded guilty to the charge of possession of illegal…
N8.8bn tramadol: Court okays Lagos billionaire’s further detention Justice Akintayo Aluko of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, on Thursday, granted leave to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to further detain a Lagos-based billionaire, Nsofor Ugochukwu, also known as Ugochukwu Nsofor Chukwukadibia, in its custody for a period…
NDLEA discovers 13 million Tramadol pills in Lagos mansion The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has busted a mansion in the Lekki area of Lagos State where Tramadol was stored. NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a terse statement on Monday, said the mansion belonged to a drug baron who is…
NDLEA partners stakeholders on fight against drug abuse, trafficking in Kaduna Mr Umar Adoro, Commander of, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kaduna State, on Tuesday began advocacy visits to communities to solicit support in the fight against drug abuse and trafficking. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Buhari Hails NDLEA Over Seizure Of ‘Cocaine Worth N194bn’ Buba Marwa, the Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has received praise from President Muhammadu Buhari for the agency’s recent “cocaine bust” in Lagos. The agency had earlier on Monday claimed that its operatives had found what “appears…