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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 August. A statement...

July 24, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds N3.7b Tramadol At Lagos Airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has impounded over five million pills of Tramadol worth N3.7b. In a statement on Sunday, the agency’s Director, Media, and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed that the seizure was achieved through the collabora...

July 18, 2023 No Responses

Customs Intercept Arms, Ammunition

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a container loaded with arms and ammunition imported into the country from the United States of America (USA), heading to the South Eastern part of Nigeria. Briefing Journalists in Lagos on Monday, the...

July 17, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Arrests Europe-Bound Student With Drugs

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a teenage student, Benjamin Nnamani Daberechi, 19, with Methamphetamine drugs concealed inside crayfish. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi explained that Daberechi ...

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 ...

June 5, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Destroys Three Tons Of Skunk In Edo Forest

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA} has destroyed a large warehouse of skunks, used to store 231 jumbo bags of the psychotropic substance weighing 3,003 kilograms at Iwe forest in Owan West local government area of Edo state. A...

May 15, 2023 No Responses

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May 15, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 5,610kg Of Illicit Drugs In Kaduna

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 218 suspects with 5,610 kilogrammes of illicit drugs in Kaduna. State In a statement on Sunday, the NDLEA Commandant in Kaduna State, Ibrahim Braji, explained that the suspects comprised 206 ma...

May 1, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts Illicit Drugs In Imported Car At Tincan Port

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 126 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis at the Tincan port in Lagos. A statement issued by Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi explained that the drugs...

April 24, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts Illicit Drugs In Wedding Gown

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted two drug consignments consisting of ecstasy and skunk going to United Arab Emirate. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, explained that the pills of ecstasy were concea...

April 3, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Impounds 63 Bags Of Cannabis, 12,000 Tramadol, Others

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 63 bags of cannabis sativa, weighing 600 kilogrammes and stored in a house at Okpe village in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area (LGA) of Edo State. A statement issued on Sunday by NDLEA....

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 ...

March 6, 2023 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 778,190 Pills Of Tramadol, Others

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has Intercepted 778,190 pills of pharmaceutical opioids including tramadol from suspects in Taraba and other states. Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday explained that...

February 23, 2023 No Responses

Apapa Customs Handover 20 Cartons Of Tramadol To NDLEA

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has handed-over 20 cartons of hard drugs to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in Lagos. The drugs were concealed as sweets in a 40ft container, while the consignee had declared...