drug trafficking

Two bizmen jailed 14 years for importing codeine cough syrup

5 months ago2697 min

A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced two businessmen, Emmanuel Chukwuemeka and Kingsley Amanambu, to 14 years imprisonment for unlawful importation of 8, 200 kilograms of cough syrup containing codeine. Justice Akintayo Aluko who sentenced them on Tuesday also ordered that they should forfeit a White Toyota Tacoma V6 with registration number, EKY 883 GK, used in transporting the prohibited drug, to the Federal Government of Nigeria, for being a proceed of...

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Brazil-based baron, freight agent jailed 16 years for drug trafficking

5 months ago806 min

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a Brazil-based Nigerian drug baron, Christian Anyanwu, to 16 years imprisonment for trafficking 1.40 kilograms of methamphetamine. The court also convicted a 35-year-old freight agent, Omolara Salako, for her role in the illegal activity. The convicts were first arraigned before Justice Yelim Bogoro, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, sometime in May 2023, on five counts. The charges included conspiracy, unlawful exportation, and non-declaration of...

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Immigration officer, three others arraigned for drug trafficking

5 months ago925 min

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday arraigned a senior immigration officer, Gbenga Akomolafe, before the Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly trafficking eight kilograms of Methamphetamine and 7.60 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa, also known as marijuana. Akomolafe, who is currently serving at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, was arraigned alongside Babatunde Olufemi, said to be a staff member of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Nwadozie Amaechi and Nwosu Cyril....