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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested 17 suspects and seized no fewer than 2,601.5 kilograms of cannabis and 102,500 pills of pharmaceutical opioids during interdiction operations across Plateau, Edo, Delta, Taraba, Kogi, Kano, Lagos and Adamawa state in one week.   Spokesperson of the agency, Femi …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have successfully dismantled a trans-border drug cartel and arrested five leaders of the syndicates operating in parts of the world in a special operation that lasted weeks during which different quantities of skunk, methamphetamine and ephedrine as well as air compressors …

Desperate efforts to bring into Nigeria 126.95 kilograms of cocaine and skunk concealed in herbal tea packs and imported vehicles by drug cartels from Brazil and Canada have again been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu and …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 67-year-old blind grandpa, a notorious leper and one other for drug trafficking.    Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, January 22, 2023, said the blind suspect,  Aliyu Adebiyi, was arrested in Osun State.    “In …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have unraveled a cluster of cannabis syndicates operating in the Opuje forests in Edo state where massive warehouses and tents storing over 317,417 kilograms (317.4 metric tons) of the psychoactive substance were destroyed and set ablaze in a two-day operation.   …

Popular Musician Innocent Idibia, also known as 2Baba, has called on the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to strengthen its fight against drug abuse as the country prepares for the forthcoming elections. He gave the call when he led members of the 2Baba Foundation and a team from the …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has invited a local government chairman in Niger State alleged to be encouraging young people to engage in drugs.   It was gathered that a purported video showed the council chairman allegedly telling a group of young people to use the premises of …

At the resumed drug trafficking trial of Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari, yesterday, January 18, the suspended police officer challenged the powers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to prosecute him.   Kyari, who is currently facing an eight-count charge alongside four members of his police Intelligence Response team; ACP Sunday J. …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend busted another Tramadol cartel in Lagos with the seizure of millions of opioids pills and bottles worth over Five Billion Naira (N5billion) from their warehouse in Amuwo Odofin area of the state and the arrest of two of …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have uncovered and dismantled a clandestine skuchies laboratory in a remote part of Sagamu, Ogun state.   Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, January 15, 2023, said anti-narcotics officers recovered several equipment and various quantities of …