The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted no fewer than 3.5million pills of opioids and 163,000 bottles of codeine syrup with combined street value of over N3.4billion in Rivers and Lagos states respectively. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, (NDLEA), Mr Femi Babafemi in Abuja on Sunday….
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has raided an 80-room new hotel used as cover for distributing illicit substances in Victoria Island, Lagos, and recovered 598 bags of Canadian Loud. In a statement by the NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, the drugs recovered was with a total weight of 417.3 kilogrammes…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a shipment of 46 wraps of cocaine weighing 547 grams hidden in body cream going to Saudi Arabia. This is contained in a statement by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the intervention came barely a week…
Polaris Bank has reaffirmed its continued support for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the fight against drug abuse, trafficking, and money laundering in Nigeria and globally. According to a statement by the bank, its Managing Director/CEO, Kayode Lawal, made the pledge during a courtesy visit by NDLEA management team to the bank’s…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a shipment of cocaine concealed in twenty sets of religious books bound for Saudi Arabia. According to the Director, Media and Advocacy at NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said the cocaine consignment consisted of twenty parcels with a total weight of 500 grams buried in the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an ex-convict and Malaysian returnee, Ndubuisi Udatu, with two giant music speakers, used in concealing four large parcels of methamphetamine. This is contained in a statement by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the drugs weighing 2.700kilograms,…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Tincan Island Port Command in Lagos, have intercepted a large quantity of cannabis hidden inside mattresses during a routine search of import containers. The NDLEA Commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju, made the disclosure in Lagos on Sunday. Ofoyeju said the illicit consignment was a product of a meticulous…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has arrested two brothers: John Abugu, 43, and Kenneth Abugu, 31, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos with 5kg cocaine. Femi Babafemi, Director Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the drug was concealed in walls of their…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 75-year-old, Felix Nnanna, with 1.6kg skunk, a strain of cannabis. Nnana was arrested during a raid at Umunteke Asa, Ukwa West Local Government Area (LGA) in Abia. A statement by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, said that the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered about 86,000 opioid pills and arrested four suspects in connection with the seized drugs in Katsina State. NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement, on Sunday, in Abuja. Babafemi said the four suspects were arrested and detained on Friday, March…
