Drug trafficking
19 Aug
Three kingpins and 16 other offenders have been convicted and sentenced to 302 years in jail.
14 Aug
Unauthorised access, drug and human trafficking as well as surge in stowaway incidents are raising fresh concerns about the poor implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) code in the country.
5 Jun 2024
The Western Marine Command (WMC) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday, handed over 17 sacks containing 1,257 loaves of Cannabis
29 May 2024
French police have arrested 15 people for drug trafficking near the athletes' village built for the upcoming Olympic Games north of Paris, police sources said Wednesday. They arrested the suspects at their homes early on Tuesday and took 14 of them into custody, one of the sources told AFP. Police and customs officers seized just…
27 May 2024
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 48-year-old Paris-bound businessman, Emmanuel Okechuku Orjin
21 May 2024
Justice Peter Lifu of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, yesterday, sentenced a 39-year-old man, Obiorah Chigozie Samuel, to two years
20 May 2024
For illegally dealing in restricted drugs, a Federal High Court in Lagos convicted and jailed three men on Monday.
13 May 2024
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted three trailer loads of opioids at Abule Ado in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.
4 May 2024
One person was killed and six injured overnight in a gritty northern Paris suburb in a shooting likely linked to drug trafficking, prosecutors and the mayor said Saturday.
19 Apr 2024
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 2024
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 2024
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, yesterday paraded 63 suspects arrested for sundry crimes, including armed robbery, cultism, sexual assault and drug trafficking.
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