Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three traffickers with a total of 256 kilograms of illicit substances seized from them during interdiction operations in Kwara, Kogi and Niger state. Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, January 1, 2023, said a …
Read More »Drug barons and traffickers assassinating NDLEA operatives – Marwa says
Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Buba Marwa (Rtd) has said drug barons were assassinating operatives of the agency in the renewed fight against drug abuse in the country. Marwa said this on Thursday, November 3, 2022, when he appeared before the House of Representatives …
Read More »Operation Lone Star Task Force ‘Holding The Line’ Against Cartel Traffickers But ‘Can’t Stop Everyone’
By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square) A 20-agency Operation Lone Star Task Force is making headway interdicting cartel and gang activity stemming from the Texas-Mexico border along a major trafficking route to the so-called sanctuary city of Houston, officials say. Task force participants have been described by many in law enforcement as …
Read More »We abduct and send children to Abuja orphanage home to attract funds from NGOs – Two suspected child traffickers who escaped lynching in Jos, confess
Operatives of the Plateau State Police Command have arrested two suspected child traffickers who escaped being lynched by irate mob in Tundun Wada, Jos North local Government Area of the state. Addressing newsmen in Jos on Friday, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Bartholomew Onyeka, said acting on a tip-off …
Read More »NDLEA arrested 18,940 traffickers in 18 months ? Marwa
Chairman of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), has confirmed that the anti-narcotics agency has arrested 18,940 drug traffickers in the last 18 months. He confirmed the arrest in Abuja on Thursday, August 18, during a one-day drug awareness conference, 2022 titled, ‘Drug and Substance Abuse: The …
Read More »How human traffickers find their victims — NAPTIP
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the four days training is organised by NAPTIP in partnership with Action Against Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants in Nigeria (A- TIPSOM NIGERIA), A-TIPSOM NIGERIA is a Spanish project funded by European Union (EU) to fight human trafficking. The training …
Read More »Kaduna Vigilance Service intercept 15 bags of cannabis from suspected drug traffickers
Fifteen bags of cannabis and a motorcycle have been intercepted by Kaduna Vigilance Service from suspected drug traffickers in Ikara Local Government Area of the state. Commander of the Kaduna state Vigilance Service, Retired Brigadier General Umar Ibrahim who handed over the seized illicit substances to the representative of the National …
Read More »7 traffickers arrested as NDLEA foils attempts by Brazil based drug cartels to smuggle cocaine into Nigeria through Port Harcourt, Abuja, Lagos airports
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled desperate attempts by Brazil based drug cartels to smuggle large consignments of cocaine into Nigeria through three major international airports in Port Harcourt, Abuja and Lagos. Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Bbabafemi, who disclosed this …
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