Tag Archives: seizes

A vulcanizer identified as Abdullah Ayinla has been hit by a stray bullet released from a rifle seized by a prison inmate from a warder.    The incident occurred at the Oke-Kura Correctional Centre in Ilorin at about 8 am when some prison inmates were being led out of the …

Its spokesman, Femi Babafemi stated in Abuja on Sunday that 2,197kg of skunk were recovered in four interdictions in parts of Ondo State within four days. He explained that 1,165.5kg of skunk were seized in Uso, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Wednesday, while 691kgs of the drugs …

A statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi stated this on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that operatives in Imo intercepted a Mercedes Benz container truck marked ABN 418 YN parked in an isolated area along the Owerri – Onitsha expressway on Sunday, Oct. 15. He said …

An automobile shop in Makurdi, owned by former Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, has been raided by the state government.    Governor Hyacinth Alia’s Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula, had said that government vehicles numbering 29 were allegedly looted by the former governor.   Kula had said in a …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a female drug dealer, Mrs. Kudirat Bello, 12 other suspects and seized tonnes of illicit drugs including Cannabis Sativa concealed under bags of fertilizer and cassava flour.      Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on …

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 …

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.   …

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 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 …

A private hospital in Warri, Delta State has allegedly seized a newborn twin for non-payment of a N383,500 hospital bill.    According to Punch, the mother of the twins, Mrs Akpesiri Ojiko delivered the two babies on November 17, 2022, at the general hospital Warri.   One of the babies …