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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...

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...

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 ...