Tag: Drug Abuse

NDLEA Impounds N4.7b Cocaine
June 17, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds N4.7b Cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has clampdown on a cartel controlled by alleged drug baron and his sister, seizing cocaine and methamphetamine worth over N4.1 billion. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Director of Media and...
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Customs Impounds N4.1b Hard Drugs Imported From Canada, India At Tin-Can Island Port
June 14, 2024 No Responses

Customs Impounds N4.1b Hard Drugs Imported From Canada, India At Tin-Can Island Port

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin-Can Island Customs Command has impounded hard drugs and unwholesome pharmaceutical products worth N4.1billion imported from India and Canada.Briefing Journalists inside the Tin-Can Island Port on Friday, Comptroller Gener...
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NDLEA Intercepts 176,000 Codeine Shipment From India
June 10, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 176,000 Codeine Shipment From India

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted another consignment of 175,000 bottles of opioid imported from India. The is coming barely a week after seizing a shipment of codeine-based syrup at the Port Harcourt Ports co...
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NDLEA Smashes Drug Syndicate
May 6, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Smashes Drug Syndicate

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has smashed an international drug syndicate with networks in parts of Nigeria, South Africa and Thailand Meanwhile, no fewer than five members of the cartel were arrested in a two-week intelligence led operation...
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Customs Impounds N19.6M Sex Enhancement Drugs
February 17, 2024 No Responses

Customs Impounds N19.6M Sex Enhancement Drugs

The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), joint border patrol team, sector IV, has seized a consignment of sex enhancement drugs worth N19.6M in Sokoto state. Briefing Journalists in Sokoto, Coordinating Comptroller, Mr. Kolapo Oladeji, explained that trucks carrying...
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NDLEA Declares Ex-Beauty Queen Wanted
January 29, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Declares Ex-Beauty Queen Wanted

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared an ex-beauty queen, Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas also known as Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye wanted. She was declared wanted after escaping from her Lekki, Lagos residence when operat...
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NDLEA Intercepts 5.6m Pills Of Tramadol
January 22, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 5.6m Pills Of Tramadol

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made a significant seizure of illicit drugs in Kano, apprehending three suspects with a total of 5,653,000 pills of tramadol 250mg and exol-5.  A statement issued by Mr. Femi Babafemi, the Director...
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NDLEA Impounds 1,458.709kgs Of Illicit Drugs
December 27, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds 1,458.709kgs Of Illicit Drugs

The Kaduna State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 1,458,709kgs of illicit substances. A statement on Tuesday by the agency’s Press Officer, Shuaibu Omalem, explained that the seized illicit drugs included cocai...
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Businessman Excretes 93 Heroin Wraps At Abuja Airport
October 23, 2023 No Responses

Businessman Excretes 93 Heroin Wraps At Abuja Airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 40-year-old ‘businessman’, Sherif Egbo, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja while attempting to board an Air France flight to Paris, France, after the anti-narcotics agen...
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NDLEA Raids Drug Warehouse, Recovers N4.8b Worth Of Opioids
August 21, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Raids Drug Warehouse, Recovers N4.8b Worth Of Opioids

Multi-billion-naira worth of illicit drugs were again seized at a warehouse tucked in the midst of popular International Trade Fair Complex, Alaba, Ojo area of Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA on Saturday 19th Au...
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Customs Intercepts 299 Cartons Of Codeine
August 17, 2023 No Responses

Customs Intercepts 299 Cartons Of Codeine

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 299 cartons of codeine syrup, with a pledge to continue to curb unrestricted access to the drug being abused by some youths. The Acting Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Mr. Adewale Adeniyi, announced the.....
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NDLEA Arrests 122 Suspected Illicit Drug Dealers 
June 23, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests 122 Suspected Illicit Drug Dealers 

Between June 2022 and June 2023, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Enugu State Command, arrested 122 illicit drug dealers.  The Acting State Commander, Mr Peter Ogar, said this while briefing Journalists as part of activities to ...
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Customs Hands Over N1.4b Expired Drugs To NAFDAC
April 5, 2023 No Responses

Customs Hands Over N1.4b Expired Drugs To NAFDAC

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, Ikeja, has handed over seized expired drugs, valued at about N1.4 billion to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The FOU Zone A Acting Controller...
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NDLEA Arrests 35, Intercepts Heroin
March 13, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests 35, Intercepts Heroin

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 35 persons over alleged trafficking in various illicit drugs and substances. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday explained that operatives, acting on ...
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