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No fewer than 2,684,900 pills of tramadol and other pharmaceutical opioids were seized by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, during interdiction operations in some states in the past week.      Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, February 19, said In Adamawa, …

    Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted consignments of illicit drugs including cocaine, methamphetamine and its precursor chemical, ephedrine going to the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, New Zealand and Cyprus at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja and …

Italian police has arrested a Nigerian woman for allegedly forcing young women and girls who arrive from Nigeria, into prostitution by using voodoo locally know as ‘juju,’ as a threat.   The suspect who is believed to be the ‘Madame’ of a sex trafficking ring was arrested in the Puglia …

Operatives of Ogun state Police Command, on February 9th, arrested two cousins, Damilola Famoriyo, 34, and Akinbayo Emmanuel Abiodun, 31, for allegedly robbing one Amos Oyemechi Chuckwuka of his tricycle, killing him and dumping his corpse at a riverbank in Ijebu-ode.   A statement released by the spokesperson of the …

Uttarakhand special task force (STF) and cyber cell in India have arrested a 39-year-old Nigerian man for allegedly duping a man of Rs 9.50 lakh on pretext of helping in income-tax return filing and related refunds by posing as an Income Tax department official on e-mail.    The police, in …

A Florida physical education teacher and football coach has been arrested for having sexual relations with a 15-year-old student, according to reports.   Arin Hankerd, 42, a staffer at Atlantic High School in Port Orange, was arrested Sunday, Feb. 12, after police received a tip about the illicit relationship.   The …

  A man dubbed a ?witch doctor? has been arrested after allegedly luring a woman to his apartment with the promise of doing a ?cleansing ritual?.   Hassan Shalgheen, 44, was arrested last week after a woman said he sexually assaulted her in his apartment in Gwinnett County, around 20 …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, attached to the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, have arrested a freight agent and intercepted crystal meth concealed in a consignment going to London, United Kingdom.      Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, …

Two Nigerian nationals have been arrested in India for allegedly duping several women after befriending them on matrimonial and dating apps.    The suspects identified as Obi Alex and Odua Christopher Chukwudi alias Sunny, were arrested from Delhi and Gurugram on Friday, February 10, 2023, few days after the arrest …

On a September day in 2020, New York City Police Officer Baimadajie Angwang kissed his toddler goodbye and was about to drive to work when he was surrounded by rifle-toting agents from the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation. “You’re under arrest,” the bewildered cop was told. The charge: being …