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NDLEA recovers billion naira worth of drugs in nationwide raids

4 months ago2609 min

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has announced the recovery of a multi-billion naira worth of cocaine concealed in heavy-duty automobile pivot shafts, and Ghanaian fabric, Kente, by its operatives in a nationwide intelligence-led operation. PUNCH Metro learnt in a statement released on Sunday by the Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, that the NDLEA intercepted and seized 12.814kg of cocaine in two shipments at a courier firm in Lagos, 10kg of Loud (synthetic cannabis)...

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NDLEA seizes US, UK-bound drug in automobile parts, cloths

4 months ago12716 min

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, in a nationwide operation, seized multi-billion-naira worth of cocaine concealed in heavy-duty automobile pivot shafts, Ghanaian fabric, Kente, and other items. This was made known in a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and shared on the agency’s website on Sunday. Suspect The agency disclosed that it also intercepted 2.32kg of cocaine at a courier firm in Lagos, and recovered 10.494kg of cocaine...

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NDLEA intercepts drugs hidden in spare parts, wrappers

4 months ago1273 min

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have countered attempts by drug cartels to capitalise on recent protests to expand their activities. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in videos shared on X.com on Sunday. According to Babafemi, the cartels had planned to take advantage of the protests to move their “markets” across land, sea, and air. However, NDLEA operatives, armed with personnel, intelligence, cutting-edge technology, and sniffer dogs,...

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NDLEA arrests 12 with drugs hidden in baby food tins

5 months ago6398 min

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested 12 persons suspected of possessing illicit drugs hidden in Cerelac baby food tins, clothes, and bodies of vehicle compartments, across various states in the country. This was disclosed in a statement released on the NDLEA’s official X account, signed by its Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday. According to the statement, a freight agent, Suliat Salaudeen, was arrested after multiple shipments of illicit...

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NDLEA recovers cocaine hidden in bizman’s sandals at Lagos airport

5 months ago2569 min

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have recovered parcels of cocaine weighing 1.20 kilograms from a Spain-based businessman, Francis Akajiobi, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. Akajiobi, a 50-year-old man, had concealed the cocaine in the soles of a pair of black sandals he was wearing while attempting to board a flight to Madrid. A statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, said Akajiobi confessed that he was...

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NDLEA secures conviction of 22 Kano drug dealers

5 months ago1004 min

The Kano State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it had secured the conviction of 22 drug dealers in the state in July 2024. The state NDLEA Commander, Abubakar Ahmad, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the activities of the agency on Thursday. He explained that the conviction was a major victory in the agency’s fight against illicit drug trafficking and abuse, as all the convicts were sentenced to various jail terms....

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NDLEA arrests ‘wanted’ Lagos drug baron

5 months ago827 min

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Wednesday said its operatives had arrested the leader of the Mushin, Lagos-based drug cartel identified as Sulaiman Jimoh aka Temo. The agency stated that Temo, who had been on its wanted list, had been evading arrest until he was eventually nabbed. His arrest came after a drug baron, identified as Joachin Mbonu, was arrested in his mansion in Imo State on July 12 after fleeing from South Africa....

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NDLEA intercepts over 1m bottles of codeine from India

5 months ago2694 min

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have again intercepted another batch of seven containers bearing 1,229,400 bottles of the codeine worth over N9,835,200,000 shipped from India at Onne ports in Rivers State. This development came barely three weeks after seizing 6,125 cartons of codeine syrup containing 1,050,000 bottles of the opioid worth over N7, 350,000,000 in street value, at the Port Harcourt Ports complex, Onne. According to a statement signed by the NDLEA’s...

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NDLEA arrests physically-challenged man found with cannabis

5 months ago797 min

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has announced the arrest of Amadu Garba, a 48-year-old physically challenged man who was found in possession of six bags of cannabis weighing approximately 67 kg at his residence in Yawuri town, Kebbi State. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, announced the arrest in a statement on Sunday. He said, “In Jigawa State, the trio of Tukur Yahaya, 55; Idris Haruna, 28; and Tanimu Umar, 29, were nabbed with 90...

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EXCLUSIVE: Fear Of Sacking Hits NDLEA, Code Of Conduct Bureau, Others As President Tinubu Moves To ‘Overhaul’ Agencies

8 months ago9915 min

Chief executives of some Nigerian government agencies including the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS), Code of Conduct Bureau, Public Complaints Commission, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), and the Legal Aid Council are reportedly anxious over moves by President Bola Tinubu’s administration to overhaul the agencies. This is part of plans for the justice sector reform, multiple sources told SaharaReporters. It was gathered that some of them...