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August 5, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds Drugs Hidden In Baby Food Containers

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered illicit drugs hidden in tins of Cerelac baby food. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, explained that the food containers and clothes bound for the United States and United...

July 15, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Impound Cocaine, Tramadol Hidden In Shoes, Custard Containers

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered parcels of cocaine hidden in the soles of shoes bound for Europe. Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, shared videos of the seized contraband on X on Sunday,...

July 10, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Elevates 5,042 Officers, Deploys Body Cameras

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has approved the promotion of a total of Five Thousand and Forty-Two (5,042) personnel in an exercise that saw two senior officers elevat...

July 8, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Couple, Recovers N2.1b Drug In Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raided the Lagos base of a high-profile cocaine syndicate where large consignments of the class A drug meant for export and local distribution were recovered. According to the NDLEA, the syndicate is...

July 1, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests 60 Suspects In Abuja

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday arrested Sixty suspects comprising 25 males and 35 females at a drug party in Abuja. The suspects were nabbed in the nation’s capital on Friday night following credible intelligence about the...

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...

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...

April 22, 2024 No Responses

NDLEA Nabs Three Wanted Kingpins, Intercepts Oman-Bound Drug Consignment

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three members of an organized criminal organization which specializes in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America. The NDLEA in a statement si...

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...

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...

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...

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...

September 18, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 6,600 Bottles Of Codeine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 6,600 bottles of codeine-based syrup and arrested six suspects in various raids across the country. A statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, expl...

September 11, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds Meth, Skunk Consignments At Lagos Airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted consignments of skunk concealed in tomato paste tins and methamphetamine hidden in used clothes. The hard drugs were meant for export to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. A statement by the...