The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested four notorious female drug dealers in Edo, Imo, Kano, and Gombe states. The Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Giving a break down, Babafemi said that in Edo, an intense sweep of notorious…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a large consignments of various opioids and illicit substance concealed in building materials in Taraba. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that a major blow was dealt to opioid trafficking…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted cocaine and opioid consignments concealed in export parcels bound for the United Kingdom and Australia. The agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the seizures were made during routine inspections at a courier facility in Lagos. Babafemi explained that operatives uncovered 170…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, a high-potency strain of cannabis, weighing 4,173.5 kilograms with a street value of N10.4billion at the Tincan Island Port in Lagos. A statement by the NDLEA spokesman on Wednesday in Abuja said that the successful interdiction of the illicit drug…
The NDLEA has also uncovered an international drug trafficking syndicate involving a medical doctor and foreign collaborators, leading to multiple arrests and seizures across Nigeria. Babafemi said the operation began with the arrest of an Ivorian at Kano airport who was found with 82 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.49 kilogrammes. The suspect allegedly arrived from…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have raided a major drug warehouse in Edo, seizing 1,378 kilogrammes of suspected cannabis sativa and arresting a suspect. Dr Mitchell Ofoyeju, NDLEA Commander in Edo, said on Monday in Benin that the operation was carried out in Igbanke community, Orhionmwon Local Government Area, following credible…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted illicit substances – methamphetamine and opioids- at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. A statement issued on Sunday in Abuja by by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said that the drugs were bound for countries in Europe. He said that the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has secured the conviction of 10 Filipino sailors and their vessel, MV Nord Bosporus, over the importation of 20 kilograms of cocaine. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocay, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Wednesday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a former two-term councilor at Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Council in Lagos State following credible intelligence linking him to illicit drug sales and trafficking. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a China-based Nigerian businessman and two Angolans who excreted a total of 236 wraps of cocaine. This is contained in a statement by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the suspects were arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe…
