Seizes ₦5.3bn Cocaine From Lagos to Dubai NDLEA Busts International Drug Syndicate The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully dismantled an international drug syndicate that operated across Nigeria, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates. Eko Hot Blog reports that the breakthrough came after a two-week intelligence-led operation in Lagos, … Read more
Officers in Anambra State arrested a 75-year-old grandfather NDLEA Destroys 71.5-Hectare Cannabis Farm Drug Kingpin Arrested as NDLEA Seizes Loud The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested numerous suspects and seized large quantities of illicit substances in a series of nationwide operations. The agency intercepted drugs concealed in petrol tankers, deep freezers, and … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested three suspected drug dealers with 2,000 ampoules of pentazocine injection as 3.1 million pills exol-5 in Gadar Tamburawa in Kano State. This was contained in a statement by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the suspects … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, had arrested a 50-year-old businessman, who allegedly ingested 90 wraps of cocaine at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, (AIIA), Enugu. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi made this known in a statement on Sunday on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the suspect was intercepted … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has confiscated tons of illicit drugs in Lagos, FCT, Taraba, Kwara, Plateau, Kano, Kaduna, Edo, and Ondo states respectively. The Director, Media and Advocacy of the agency, Mr Femi Babafemi made this revelation in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives in Apapa seaport … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives have thwarted the bid by members of an international drug syndicate that operates between Brazil, Ethiopia and Nigeria to smuggle into Lagos a total of 845 wraps of cocaine weighing 18.72 kilograms at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja. According to the NDLEA, the … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has confiscated consignments of opioids concealed in shoes and hair attachments heading to the United States, United Kingdom and Cyprus. The agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that operatives of the agency at the Murtala Muhammed … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted 162,351 bottles of codeine based syrup from two containers at the Apapa seaport in Lagos. The agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. EDITOR’S PICKS ICYMI: Nigerian TikToker, Oloba Salo Reportedly Shot in Lekki, Don’t Scrap the EFCC, Fix … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says its operatives have arrested a 41-year-old Canadian lady, Adrienne Munju, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos. Spokesman for NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Sunday, saying suspect was apprehended during the inward clearance of passengers on KLM airline flight from … Read more
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested an automobile spare parts dealer, Ejiofor Chiwuzie over attempt to export consignments of heroin and loud, a strain of cannabis in Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. EDITOR’S PICKS: … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has intercepted 25 million pills of tapentadol, an opioid three times stronger than tramadol and 350,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup worth N16.1bn at the Tincan port complex in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the seizures … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has confiscated at least 2.4 million tramadol pills in Gombe State. NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi made this known on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the NDLEA operatives acting on credible intelligence on September 14, arrested three suspects. EDITOR’S PICKS School Proprietress Allegedly Killed, Burnt By … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said it has taken into custody a wanted drug baron, Alhaji Suleiman Ganiu Aremu (a.k.a Barryshine) two years after coming under the radar of the anti-narcotics Agency. NDLEA stated that Suleiman who is the Managing Director/CEO of Barryshine Suleiman Nigeria Ltd came under the Agency’s watchlist following his … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have intercepted consignments of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids at three courier firms in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the drugs were concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads and hair treatment cream containers. EDITORS PICK: Maduro Grounded: … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has debunked claims of nepotism and favouritism in its appointments of Directors and Commanders, describing the allegations as baseless and false. A statement by the NDLEA Spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Thursday in Abuja, addressed concerns raised on social media about the appointment of top officials, stating that the … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives have intercepted a total of Thirty-One Million One Hundred and Twenty-Four Thousand Six Hundred (31, 124, 600) pills of tramadol 225mg and bottles of codeine-based syrup worth over Seventeen Billion Nine Hundred and Thirty-Two Million Two Hundred Thousand Naira (N17, 932, 200, 000.00) in street … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a businessman who allegedly excreted 68 wraps of cocaine at the local wings of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the Onitsha, Anambra state based-businessman, Ibeanusi Nosike excreted the cocaine … Read more
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has recovered multi-billion-naira worth of cocaine concealed in heavy duty automobile pivot shafts, and Ghanaian fabric, Kente in a courier firm in Lagos. Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, August 11, said this was among other such recoveries in a … Read more
NDLEA has busted an Abuja drug party as two excrete 150 cocaine wraps in Lagos. Eko Hot Blog reports that operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have disrupted a drug party dubbed “Go hard or Go Home. Pick Your Poison” in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. EDITOR’S PICKS Borno: Police Confirm Suicide … Read more
NDLEA has uncovered a ‘snake-guarded shrine’ storing illicit drugs in Edo. Eko Hot Blog reports that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives has bursted a shrine, guarded by a snake, being used for storing illicit drugs in Edo State. The agency’s spokesperson. Femi Babafemi, disclosed the development in a statement on … Read more