Drug trafficking
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.
19 Feb 2024
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 2024
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.
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