Tag: National Drug Law Enforcement Agency

The NDLEA said the seizure, valued at about $27.7 million, was the largest interception of cocaine through a courier channel ...

The developments raise fresh concerns about attempts by transnational drug cartels to establish South-west Nigeria as a synthetic drug manufacturing ...

The operation led to the arrest of some foreign nationals, local kingpins, and several collaborators, alongside the seizure of chemicals ...

The NDLEA said its Special Operations Unit raided the mansion in Lekki, Lagos, on Friday.

For many Nigerians, Captagon remains a relatively unfamiliar name. Yet globally, particularly across parts of the Middle East, it has ...

An official said that five suspected traffickers were arrested in connection with the seizure, describing the feat as a major ...

Relevant security agencies collaborate in Ogun State, pledge to ensure seamless Hajj operations at the Gateway International Airport in Iperu-Remo.

“It was revealed that he bought the drugs in Onitsha, Anambra, and was trafficking them to Cameroon to sell, using ...

The judge fixed a date for judgement in the non-declaration of assets trial after the lawyers to Abba Kyari, his ...

Mr Marwa was first appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2021.

An official stated that out of the unclaimed number, approximately 1,000 had expired, as the owners did not come to ...

Mr Babafemi said that the arrest followed a series of intelligence-led operations that lasted over three weeks across Lagos.

“We are aware that some people are reluctant to bid on properties formerly owned by criminal enterprises, especially in volatile ...

Commander of the NDLEA in Imo, Ibrahim Ohida, disclosed this while addressing reporters in Owerri, on Thursday, as part of ...

“Three officers sustained gunshot injuries—one in the rib, and two others in the back and leg."

Abba Kyari and others are also accused of dealing in cocaine without lawful authority and conspiracy to tamper with cocaine.

Motor drivers complained that security agents were acting more like tax collectors than officials assigned to protect lives and property ...

The amendment follows the recommendation of the conference committee of the two chambers.

He said that a total of 13 parcels of cocaine weighing 4.40kg of cocaine going ... were intercepted by NDLEA ...

He said that the pills were concealed in the body compartments of a Toyota Hummer Bus.

Mr Babafemi said the NDLEA had, over the last two years, intercepted large consignments of illicit drugs worth billions of ...

The agency arrested three suspects for possession of cannabis and another seven for production of ‘skuchies.’

"We must use everything necessary to hunt down, arrest, and bring to justice the perpetrators of this heinous crime."

The NDLEA said 640 drug trafficking suspects comprising 614 males and 26 females were arrested within the period under review.

NDLEA also intercepted a large consignment of Canadian loud, an imported strong synthetic strain of cannabis, packaged in 324 bags, ...