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Operatives of the Jigawa State Police Command have arrested 16 suspected motorcycle thieves, human traffickers, vandals and phone thieves in different parts of the state.      Spokesperson of the command, DSP. Lawan Shiisu Adam, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, November 3, 2023, said a 40-year-old man, …

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 …

There was jubilation in Igbogene community, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State at the weekend after police recovered two children stolen by suspected child traffickers and sold to buyers for N1.6m.      LIB reported that the suspects, Chioma Obi and Sunday Aniele, posing as tenants, abducted the children, Success Kemebigha, 4 and …

The Imo State Police Command has arrested two women for child trafficking in Umuguma, Owerri-west Local Government Area of the state and rescued seven stolen children.    The child traffickers, Chinyere, 48, and Glory Okon, were said to have been running a baby factory under the guise of a motherless baby …

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested five suspected child traffickers and rescued a 3-year-old boy, Abubakar Atiku, stolen from Abraka community.    Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, June 14, 2023, said the suspects, Mohammed Isah, Ibrahim Sani, …

The Nigerian Navy has rescued 18 victims of human trafficking at Rijiyar Lemu in Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State.    The Director of Information Navy, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, February 6, 2023, said the rescue was done at about 10pm on …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …