Femi Babafemi
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three members of an organised criminal organisation which specialises in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America.
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested three wanted drug kingpins and intercepted an Oman-bound consignment. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said the three drug lords were arrested over two months after they were declared wanted. Babafemi said they are members of an organized criminal organization which specializes…
15 Apr
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a commercial bus conveying N3.2 million in counterfeit cash in Lokoja, Kogi.
31 Mar
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has thwarted the bid by three suspects: Ebuka Eze, 31; Ugochukwu Okoro, 44; and Kingsley Uzim, 27, to smuggle psychoactive substances into Bayelsa creeks.
24 Mar
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has issued an alert of scammers posing as personnel of the agency to defraud unsuspecting individuals with claims of arrest of loved ones with drugs and demanding....
18 Mar
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, for selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to school students...
3 Mar
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have intercepted a 40-year-old businessman, Ejike Chibuke with 1.45 kilograms of cocaine at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja.
25 Feb
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested several individuals and seized over 1,044 kilogrammes of illicit drugs, including cocaine and Colos, at the Tincan seaport in Lagos.
19 Feb
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted large quantities of illicit drugs and substances in raids, carried out in Ondo, Edo and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in the past week.
29 Jan
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Brazil returnee, Udechukwu Ekene Theophilus, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, for ingesting 60 wraps of cocaine.
8 Jan
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 28-year-old female supplier of ammunition to bandits, Bilkisu Suleiman, and other suspects.
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.
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