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The Narcotics Suppression Bureau (NSB) of the Royal Thai Police, in cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of the United States, has arrested eight members of a Nigerian-led transnational drug network.    Pol. Lt. Gen. Kirisak Tantinwachai, acting commissioner of the Narcotics Suppression Bureau, who disclosed this at a …

This resolution came after the unanimous adoption of a motion titled “Urgent need to address the menace of drug abuse in Nigeria” during the plenary session today. The motion was presented by Senator Babangida Hussain (APC – Jigawa), who expressed grave concerns about the unprecedented level of drug abuse in …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two drug barons linked to consignments of cocaine and heroin buried in bellies of two traffickers heading to Paris, France and Doha, Qatar.  One of the suspects has been identified as Hakeem Babatunde Salami, the alleged arrowhead of “Tajudeen …

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal unit has arrested a 60-year-old Nigerian national, Paul Ikenna alias Bossman, and two Indians in an operation targeting inter-state and international narcotics trafficking networks.    The agency in a statement on Saturday, October 14, 2023, said Ikenna’s landlord and a bank employee, were …

The Special Cell of the Delhi Police on Thursday, October 12, arrested two Nigerian nationals and one Sierra Leone woman suspected to be members of an international drug syndicate.   According to the police, the suspects, Paul Joy from Sierra Leone, Peace Ilobe and Stephen, both from Nigeria, were found …

A video has surfaced on the internet showing the moment a Nigerian national escaped from police custody during a drug raid in Navi Mumbai, India.    In a major crackdown against drugs, Navi Mumbai police had arrested the 44-year-old Nigerian national identified as Julius O Anthony Onyekachukwu from the Sector …

The United States is imposing sanctions and launching indictments against dozens of Chinese companies and individuals it claims are involved in the illegal trade of the highly addictive drug fentanyl. The charges, brought by the US Attorney’s Office in Florida, and sanctions by the Department of Treasury on Tuesday, have been …

Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’allah has disclosed that students who intend to study in the university must undertake and present a drug test before admission.    Mr. Na’allah, who made this known at the 27th Pre- Convocation briefing in Abuja on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, said the …

US authorities have brought charges and sanctions against Chinese companies and executives they claim supply chemicals used to make fentanyl amid an opioid crisis in the US. The United States has imposed sanctions and launched indictments against dozens of Chinese companies and individuals it claims are involved in the illegal …

“On 29/09/2023 at about 0330hrs, a distress call was received at Kazaure Police Station that, hoodlums strongly suspected to be armed robbers were seen jumping through the barbed wire into the house of one Bello Aliyu ‘m’ age 28yrs of Yanmakada quarters, Kazaure LGA,” the statement read.   “Upon receiving …