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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 …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a notorious physically challenged drug dealer, Abiodun Emaria, 40, in Edo State.   Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said the suspect was on Saturday 14th January, arrested with 6.2kgs of cannabis at his …

The Lagos State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted a truck carrying Canadian Loud, a variant of cannabis also known as Indian hemp. Canadian Loud is an illicit drug imported from Canada and shipped in large quantities through Nigeria’s neighboring countries like Cameroon, …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized 3,975kgs skunk, 58,200 tramadol pills in Kaduna, Kano, Imo, Lagos raids and arrested 12 suspects including five women.    Spokesperson of the command, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, January 8, 2023.    According to him, no less …

Attempts by elements of Organised Criminal Groups to use various disingenuous modes of concealment to import consignments of illicit substances into Nigeria and export same to the United Kingdom, and United Arab Emirate through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja and Tincan seaport in Lagos have been thwarted by …