Mexican authorities have arrested a suspected drug cartel leader allegedly linked to the disappearance of 43 college students a decade ago, officials reported on Friday. Gildardo Lopez Astudillo, also known as “El Gil,” is an alleged leader of the Guerreros Unidos cartel, accused of orchestrating the 2014 abduction and likely murder of students from the … Read more
Abba Kyari received a warm welcome from his family after being released from detention. Kyari was detained on February 14, 2022, by the NDLEA for alleged involvement with an international drug cartel. Kyari and four Police Intelligence Response Team members pleaded not guilty. EKO HOT BLOG reports that suspended police chief Abba Kyari received a warm … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade and Rashidat Ayinke, his wife, wanted for allegedly running a drug cartel. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said in a statement on Sunday that the couple “runs a cocaine cartel from India”. Babafemi said the couple’s involvement in the … Read more
Eko Hot Blog reports that 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. … Read more
NDLEA has declared Abba Kyari wanted. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday declared suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, wanted over alleged links with an international drug cartel. Read Also: Ede Student’s Death: Crisis Worsens As Thugs Set OPC Leader’s House Ablaze, Shoot Sporadically The decision … Read more
It said revealed that the cartel had been operating in Nigeria since late 2019 EKO HOT BLOG reports that the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has said a Nigerian drug syndicate is supplying a potent central nervous system stimulant, methamphetamine, locally known as ‘Mpuru Mmiri’, to South Africa. This was disclosed in … Read more
The gangs are fighting over control of the lucrative drug trafficking and stolen fuel markets. EKO HOT BLOG reports that at least eight people, including two children, died in a shooting in a region of central Mexico plagued by turf wars between rival drug cartels, authorities said Wednesday. Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire … Read more