cannabis sativa

PHOTOS: NDLEA Receives Cannabis Worth Millions from Customs in Inter-Agency Effort

Oct 8, 2024. by Ekohot Editor

The Nigeria Customs Service, Niger-Kogi Command, successfully intercepted and transferred 283 wraps of cannabis sativa to the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Minna. The estimated duty-paid value of the confiscated cannabis is approximately ₦5,666,000. EDITOR’S PICKS Health, Planning Ministries Partner with AfDB on Sustainable System Project Shamim Ahmed: Student Ally of Bangladesh’s Ex-Prime … Read more

NDLEA Nabs Drug Mule Transporting Cannabis In Abacha, Dried Vegetables

Mar 31, 2024. by Philip Ibitoye

NDLEA operatives have arrested drug mules in various parts of Nigeria this past week. One drug mule was caught trying to transport cannabis to Qatar through the Lagos airport. The drug control agency also seized a consignment hidden in noodles packs going to Bayelsa creeks. Eko Hot Blog reports that operatives of the National Drug … Read more

Customs Nab Suspect, Intercepts 20,600 Litres Of Petrol In Kebbi

Sep 2, 2022. by Ekohot Editor

Customs Nab Suspect, Intercepts 20,600 Litres Of Petrol In Kebbi EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Kebbi Area command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it arrested one suspect, intercepted 824 jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit equivalent to 20,600 liters and other contrabands worth, N61m in August. A statement by the command Public … Read more

NDLEA Arrests Singers Zinoleesky, Mobahd For Possession Of Illicit Drugs

Feb 24, 2022. by Ekohot Editor

The singers joins a list of celebrities who have been arrested by the agency over possession of illicit drugs Cannabis and Molly were recovered from the singers’ residemce EKO HOT BLOG reports that operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested singers Zinoleesky and Mohbad after a midnight raid on their residence … Read more

Customs Impounds Over 100 Trailers of Foreign Rice, Palm Oil, Others In Ogun

Feb 8, 2022.Feb 8, 2022. by Damilare Abass

Customs Impounds Over 100 Trailers of Foreign Rice, Palm Oil, Others In Ogun EKO HOT BLOG reports that Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it impounded 101 trailers of foreign parboiled rice, among other contraband goods within the last 13 months. The Comptroller of Customs in charge of Ogun 1 Area Command, Dera Nnadi, disclosed this while … Read more

Customs Intercept Indian Hemp Worth ₦50m In Kaduna

Dec 22, 2021. by Ekohot Editor

…75,582 suspected tablets of Tramadol worth over ₦29.7m, which he said also promotes banditry and other forms of criminality. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday, said its Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B Kaduna intercepted 250 parcels of cannabis sativa, also known as Indian Hemp, worth over ₦10.4m, suspected … Read more

NDLEA Arrests 10 Ebonyi Students In Hostel Raid

Mar 5, 2021. by Ekohot Editor

The National Drug Law Enforcement AGENCY (NDLEA) Ebonyi state command has called for robust public enlightenment to rid the society of illicit drug peddling as the agency arrested ten drug dealers with some substances suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. The Agency’s Commandant in Ebonyi, Umar Isa Adoro, who made the disclosure said the arrest … Read more

NDLEA Arrests 101 Drug Traffickers

Jan 24, 2020. by Ekohot Editor

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command, Lagos, has disclosed it arrested 101 suspected drug traffickers in 2019. NDLEA Commander, Garba Ahmadu, while revealing this at Press Conference held in Lagos on Thursday, said 87 of those arrested were male while 14 were female. He also said there were … Read more