NDLEA
6 Aug
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 57,450 pills of tramadol, rohypnol and exol-5 along Abaji-Abuja highway from a suspect, Mr Joseph Usman.
4 Aug
Lagos State government, through its Safety Commission, and has warned nightclubs owners in the state against usage of drugs and firearms in their environment.
4 Aug
Justice Nicholas Oweibo of a Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, yesterday, remanded a pharmacist, Ikwebe Ori Helen, at the Kirikiri female section of the Nigerian Correctional Services (NCoS), for unlawful dealing in hard drugs.
2 Aug
A 34-year-old man from Suriname, Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for smuggling 117 parcels of cocaine into Nigeria. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. NDLEA said its operatives at the Port Harcourt International Airport in Rivers State…
2 Aug
The police in Delta State said they have arrested the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operative suspected of killing a two-year-old boy, lvan Omorhiakogbe, who was hit by bullet during a raid in the Okpanam area of the state. The state police command spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the arrest to journalists on Tuesday…
28 Jul
The Edo Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Friday destroyed eight hectares of cannabis sativa farms in the state.
27 Jul
Operatives of Edo State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested 30 suspected drug lords for allegedly engaging in drugs related offences.
27 Jul
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), yesterday, commended President Bola Tinubu and National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) for joining National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to fight against hard drugs.
26 Jul
Senior officials of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have held a two-day meeting with their South African counterparts in the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), popularly known as HAWKS,...
25 Jul
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano State says it has arrested two suspected drug traffickers and seized 1,553.1 kgs of cannabis sativa in Wudil Local Government area of the state. This is contained in a statement by the NDLEA Acting Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Sadiq Maigatari, on Tuesday in…
24 Jul
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Friday, July 21, stormed a hotel in Okota area of Lagos and arrested a drug kingpin, when he was preparing a recruited courier to swallow 93 pellets of cocaine meant for distribution in Italy.
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