Tag: National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)

Gov Yahaya said despite having a good presence in Gombe, there is the need for the state and the NDLEA ...

The NDLEA says the substances were suspected to be heroin, codeine, Arizona and Colorado variants of cannabis.

Mr Marwa says over 4,000 drug addicts are under rehabilitation in various facilities of NDLEA across the nation.

A medical practitioner, Nseabasi Ekanem, blamed poor parenting for the increasing wave of drug abuse in the country.

26-year-old man was also arrested on August 6 in the state with 1.2301kg of cocaine worth about N25 million, says ...

Several states in Nigeria have been grappling with various forms of security challenge.

The NDLEA spokesman says the suspect, Okafor Ebere Edith, was arrested on July 31, during the outward clearance of passengers ...

The NDLEA said 3000 offenders had been charged to court, while 2,303 individuals were counselled.

The drugs were seized at the warehouse of a major drug kingpin, Okeke Chijioke, of No. 3, Atunya street, Maryland ...

The suspects comprise 298 male and 40 females.

The president said the drug war was dangerous than wars against insurgency and banditry because it targeted three generations for ...

Out of the 244 suspects arrested, 214 were male, while 30 were female, according to the agency.

One of the suspects is a pregnant woman, according to the NDLEA.

A suspect was arrested for importing 27.95kg of cocaine using an organised criminal gang, which specialised in tagging and planting ...

"We also arrested a delivery man who was in possession of a birthday cake infused with 1.2kg of Cannabis sativa."

NDLEA says the attackers failed in their plan to free suspects who were detained in the facility.

The arrests were made in the first quarter of the year, an official says.

The two suspects excreted 191 pellets of heroin and cocaine while under observation.

The agency says it also arrested 95 people including, 88 men and seven women suspected of committing various drug offences.

NDLEA intercepts over N2bn illicit drugs at Lagos airport

The teenager was arrested at Ile-epo in the Abule Egba area of Lagos while dealing in 200 grammes of Hemp.

“One in seven Nigerians take drugs. We have found out that there is a nexus between drug use and crime," ...

Mr Marwa ordered operatives of the agency to completely wipe out drug cartels in Lagos State.

Mr Gambari and others were administered the vaccine after some frontline health workers as well as President Muhammadu Buhari and ...

“I am directed to hand over the suspects and the drugs to officials of the NDLEA for further investigations and ...