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11 Mar
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a consignment of illicit drugs concealed in the engine compartment of an interstate commercial bus.
11 Mar
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a consignment of 5.2kg of cannabis sativa and opioids, an illicit drug consignment concealed in the engine compartment of an interstate commercial bus marked VDY 187 XA just as two grandfathers were taken into custody over drug trafficking.
8 Mar
Chief Executive Officer of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig.-Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd), yesterday, said the ongoing amendment to the NDLEA Act, when passed into law, would enable the agency to curb substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in the country.
24 Feb
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd), has expressed the appreciation of officers and men of the anti-narcotic agency to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his continuous support for the on-going efforts to curb the scourge of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in the country.
30 Nov
In a startling revelation by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Taraba State has emerged as a hotspot for illicit drug consumption, with those between the ages of 16 and 46 years mostly affected.
17 Sep 2023
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has thwarted attempts by members of some transnational drug trafficking organisations, to export various quantities of methamphetamine and skunk.
10 May 2023
A 300 level student, Job Alawari-Kei, of the Department of Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Federal University, Otuoke (FUO), in Bayelsa State, had reportedly slumped and died after taking an overdose an Illicit drug locally known as Colos or Colarado.
1 May 2023
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday, April 29, 2013, raided a clandestine factory in Mubi, Adamawa State, where a new psychoactive substance, Akuskura, was being produced in large quantity and distributed to Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republic.

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