‘Operatives raided a location in Potiskum where they recovered 56 blocks (31kgs) from two suspects: Mohammed Mamuda and a married pregnant woman, Hauwa Haruna’ A pregnant woman, a nursing mother and a 200-level university student are among 28 persons arrested with 9,437.6kgs of cannabis and 138,053 tablets of pharmaceutical opioids among others by the operatives
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‘The MoU allows NDLEA access to contribute and benefit from criminal records of 195 countries globally’ National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the International Criminal Police Organisation(ICPO) popularly known as Interpol, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will enable the anti-narcotics outfit contribute to the pool of global criminal data and also
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‘NDLEA announced the operation and arrest of the drug baron Monday morning’ The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a large consignment of drugs and arrested a billionaire drug baron in Lagos. The substances are contained in hundreds of cartons kept in a house in Victoria Garden City (VGC). The estate, mostly occupied by
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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Monday busted a major warehouse in Lagos State where 1.8tons of illicit drugs worth over $278, 250,000, an equivalent of about N194, 775,000,000 in street value were seized in a secluded estate in the Ikorodu area of the state. Confirming this in a statement on
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In what appears to be the biggest singular cocaine seizure in the history of Nigeria’s anti-narcotic agency, officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA), have busted a major warehouse in a secluded estate in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, where 1.8tons (1,855 kilograms) of illicit drugs worth over $278,250,000, an equivalent of about
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As operatives in Kaduna arrest a drug dealer, Mohammed Mustapha Dalhatu with eight bags of cannabis sativa weighing 67kg, and Maikudi Hassan, at Gubuci village of Ikara Local Council with five bags of cannabis weighing 54.2kg. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested an ex-convict, Onyeka Charles Madukolu at the Murtala Muhammed International
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency seized no fewer than 286 assets and 600 bank accounts of drug barons between January 2021 and August 2022. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a document made available to one of our correspondents on Tuesday, said the assets consisted of 249 exotic cars and 37 mansions.
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) has destroyed 2.768 tonnes of illicit drugs estimated at over N2bn in Akwa Ibom State. Ekikere Umoh, the press secretary to the Deputy Governor in the state, Moses Ekpo, in a statement on Thursday, confirmed the development. He said the Chairman, NDLEA, Mohammed Marwa (rtd), who was represented by
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has released shortlisted names for the final screening of qualified candidates for narcotic officers and narcotic assistants cadres.Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, announced this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the screening exercise, which was suspended
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A suspected notorious major supplier of illicit drugs in Abia State, Chibuike Apollos, was on Wednesday arrested during an early morning raid on his hideout at Mbausi in the Isialangwa North Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Femi Babafemi, in said a statement that Apollos had
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recorded major breakthroughs in their efforts against drug trafficking. A Madrid, Spain-bound trafficker, Okonkwo Chimezie Henry, excreted one hundred and thirteen wraps of Cocaine after his arrest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) a fortnight ago. Two others nabbed by the operatives of the National Drug
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted two suspected fake military officers in a new VIP edition of Toyota Hilux Jeep loaded with 394 compressed parcels of illicit drugs concealed in different parts of the vehicle.The suspected fake military officers, Mohammed Nura and Abubakar Dahiru, were intercepted by operatives of the Kogi State
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Oluchukwu Onu, who excreted 86 wraps of cocaine. The Head of Public Affairs Unit of NDLEA, Mr. Jonah Achema, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, said Onu was intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. He said
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The new Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mohammed Buba Marwa, said on Monday the agency would soon propose compulsory drug tests for government appointees, security agents, students of tertiary institutions, and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, among others. Marwa, who stated this during a meeting with NDLEA commanders across
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has denied reports that its Chairman, retired Col. Muhammad Abdallah, has been sacked by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Mr Jonah Achema, the spokesperson for NDLEA, said this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday, in Abuja. Achema, a Deputy Commander of Narcotics,
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