Drug trafficking
27 Dec
A court in Vietnam sentenced 27 people to death on Friday after finding them guilty of trafficking more than 600 kilos of narcotics including heroin, ketamine and methamphetamine, state media reported. Gang leader and notorious female crime boss Vu Hoang Anh, alias Oanh Ha, was among those condemned to death, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported.…
22 Dec
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a businessman for an attempt to smuggle 256 wraps of cocaine into the country
13 Dec
Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa of a Federal High Court, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced one Lateef Sunday Oladipupo, to three years imprisonment for drug trafficking.
2 Dec
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), has emphasised the critical role of training in addressing drug trafficking. Marwa made this assertion during the closing ceremony of a two-week training for NDLEA officers on combating international drug trafficking, sponsored by the German…
29 Nov
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Tin Can Island Command, and the Flag Officer Commanding Western Naval Command, Rear Admiral M.G. Oamen, have pledged to collaborate in tackling the menace of illicit drug trafficking.
22 Nov
Singapore on Friday hanged a 55-year-old man for drug trafficking, its narcotics enforcement agency said, the city-state's third execution in a week as the United Nations called for a halt. The UN and rights groups say capital punishment has no proven deterrent effect and have called for it to be abolished, but Singaporean officials insist…
19 Nov
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has charged Nigerian elites to support the agency’s drive in curbing the scourge of substance abuse and illicit trafficking in the country. Retired Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, NDLEA, gave the charge in his keynote speech at the Island Club Business Forum on Tuesday…
4 Nov
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized drug consignments worth N4.5 billion recovered from two lavatories on an Ethiopian
24 Oct
A Canadian woman, Adrienne Munju, was sentenced to 11 years in prison for smuggling illicit drugs into Nigeria.
21 Oct
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two businessmen, Ihejirika Okechukwu Emmanuel and Iwuagwu Ikedi Victory, alongside a Canada-based nurse, Usman Grace Khadijat Olami
13 Sep
Emmanuel Ihejirika, a Nigerian man sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia, has been released after spending several years in prison. His release came after his case was taken up pro bono by a Nigerian lawyer based in Washington, D.C., Mr. Emmanuel Isha Ogebe. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Chairman/CEO of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM),…
21 Aug
The Maritime Security Providers Association of Nigeria (MASPAN) has highlighted the significant financial losses shipowners and importers incur due to the complex investigations surrounding drug trafficking..
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