The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command on Friday, said it arrested no fewer than 133 suspects and convicted 44 for various drug-related offences in 2020. This disclosure was made in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Mrs Mutiat Okuwobi, made available to journalists in Ibadan on Friday. According to
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, on Monday paraded 148 suspected drug traffickers and peddlers. The acting State Commander, Uche Iyke, who paraded the suspects on Monday, said the agency recovered illicit substances like tramadol, codeine, diazepam from the drug traffickers which were billed for Zaria, Kaduna and the environs. Iyke
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The Lagos Command of the National Law Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has clamped down on a Cannabis warehouse in Lagos state, seizing over five tons of Cannabis worth about N24 million The Lagos NDLEA Commander, Mr Ralph Igwenagu (Commander of Narcotics), during the display of the exhibit in Lagos on Thursday said the substance was
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two suspected drug barons, over unlawful importation of 16.65 kilograms of cocaine. It was gathered that the 16.65 kilograms of cocaine that was with the suspects into Nigeria worth billions of naira. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforce Agency (NDLEA) attached to the Murtala Muhammed
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The Kano State Government, says it has trained about 200 local government officials on substance and drug abuse, to enhance awareness creation activities at the grassroots. Murtala Sule-Garo, the state’s Commissioner for Local Government, stated this in a statement signed by Farouk Masanawa, the Public Relations Officer of the ministry, on Friday in Kano. Sule-Garo
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Anambra State said it has arrested 44 persons suspected to be dealing in illicit drugs from April to September this year. The Commander of the Agency, Mohammed Idris who disclosed this on Wednesday in Awka, said four of the suspects were females. He said 19 of the
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Katsina Command, said it had in the last 9 months to date, arrested 300 persons and seized 400 kgs of assorted illicit drugs comprising Cannabis Sativa, Tramadol and Codeine syrup in a coordinated operation across the state. “The Agency has arrested both users and sellers of illicit drugs
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kogi Command, has destroyed a 10-hectare Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) plantation in Okula community, Ofu Local Government Area of the state. Mr Alfred Adewumi, NDLEA Commander in the state, made the disclosure while addressing newsmen shortly after the destruction of the farm on Wednesday in Okula. He decried
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Abia State Command, says it has destroyed seized illicit drugs worth several millions of naira at its office , Ogbor Hill , Aba , following the court order obtained from the Federal High Court Umuahia . Chairman and Chief Executive of NDLEA , Col . Muhammad Abdallah (
Read moreThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted another 607 cartons containing 11, 785, 800 tablets loaded with tramadol in Lagos. A statement by the NDLEA Head of Public Affairs, Mr Jonah Achema, said the Chairman, Muhammad Abdallah, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Police detectives in Apapa
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The Adamawa Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has paraded parades 21 suspected drug dealers and confiscated 60.997kg of illicit drugs in its effort to ensure drug free society in the state. Mohammed Bello, Commander of the agency in the state said, the suspects were arrested in the month of August. He
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), FCT Command, says it seized 3,546.632 kilograms of hard drugs from January to July. The NDLEA, FCT Commander, Mr Lawan Hamisu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja that the drugs seized comprised Cannabis sativa, Cocaine, Tramadol, Exol, Rophynol and Diazepam in a coordinated
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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Anambra state on Tuesday said it has seized 7034.80kg of illicit drugs in the first quarter of the year as against 430 last year. The Commander of the Agency in the state, Commander Mohammed Idris stated this in a chat with newsmen, said the agency also seized psychotropic
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested two suspects dealing in arms and ammunition, Dung Rwang and Dachollum Yohanna, with 1,360 rounds of live ammunition. The suspects were arrested by operatives of the Bauchi State Command of the NDLEA on patrol along the Bauchi-Jos Road. It was learnt that the suspects had boarded a
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Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, challenged the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to put in more efforts to arrest the big names involved in drug peddling in Nigeria. “It is high time the agency arrests the big guys in the business. “The NDLEA must also ensure proper
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