Drug trafficking
19 Apr
Police in Lagos State have intercepted some bags of substances, suspected to be Indian Hemp, at a Jetty in Ojo area of Lagos and arrested a suspect.
7 Apr
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a Delhi, India-bound passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja on March 31 for ingesting 80 wraps of cocaine. Its spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that the passenger was to board a Doha-bound flight en-route Delhi using a Liberian passport with the…
28 Mar
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, yesterday paraded 63 suspects arrested for sundry crimes, including armed robbery, cultism, sexual assault and drug trafficking.
19 Feb
News of arrests and seizures published by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on January 28, 2024, included a Brazil returnee who was caught at the Lagos International Airport with 60 wraps of cocaine he ingested from Sao Paulo.
18 Feb
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have intercepted a large consignment of Loud, a synthetic strong strain of cannabis (Indian hemp) at the Murtala Muhammad International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos.
28 Jan
NDLEA arrested the suspect at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Jan. 21 during an inward clearance of passengers travelling from Sao Paulo, Brazil, through Addis Ababa,
15 Jan
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, an imported strong synthetic strain of cannabis, packaged in 324 bags with a gross weight of 111.2 kilograms in the Onikan area of Lagos Island.
3 Jan
A joint security operation between elements of the Sûreté Nationale and Customs at the El Guergarat border post, south of the town of Dakhla, resulted in the seizure of 362 kg and 950 grams of cocaine destined for Morocco from abroad.
1 Jan
Barely hours to the new year, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a Qatar-based businessman, Agu Evidence Amobi, and one other, Uchegbu Onyebuchi Obi, with consignments...
25 Dec
*Arrests 70-year-old grandma, son for drug trafficking National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has intercepted seven million five hundred thousand, (7,500,000), 225mg tramadol pills coming from Hamburg, Germany through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos. The agency made this known in a statement signed by it's Director Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, Sunday…
18 Dec
A multimillion naira mansion used as clandestine laboratory for the production of methamphetamine located at K-5A/2 Road 14, Victoria Garden City (VGC) estate, Lekki area of Lagos has been seized following conviction of drug baron, Okenwa Chris Nzewi, by a Lagos court.
13 Dec
Operatives of the So-Safe Corps in Ogun State have intercepted four motorcycles conveying 22 sacks of Indian hemp. The corps also apprehended two of the suspected illicit drug dealers at Abule Sikiru, along Igbo-Ora Road, Abeokuta North Local Council of the state. Its Commander, Soji Ganzallo, said, yesterday: “At about 0230hours, on December 11, 2023,…
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