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In what authorities described as a “decisive strike” against the growing culture of drug-laced nightlife in Lagos, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested popular socialite and nightclub owner, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, better known as Pretty Mike, along with more than 100 guests during a late-night raid at a high-profile…
The Kwara State Police Command has announced the arrest of 16 suspects linked to various criminal offences, including kidnapping, homicide, child defilement, armed trafficking, drug peddling, and theft, in a series of coordinated intelligence-led operations across the state. Commissioner of Police, CP Adekimi Ojo, PSC, MNIPS, disclosed this during a press briefing at the Command…
The Kwara State Police Command has smashed a major drug trafficking and kidnapping ring, intercepting 127 bags of cannabis concealed under tubers of yam and arresting multiple suspects in a coordinated security sweep. This was contained in a press statement on Saturday. The Command revealed that the breakthrough followed a joint operation on September 26,…
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The Indian Food and Drug Administration have banned two unregistered and highly-addictive opioids illegally imported into some West African countries from India. Last week, a BBC Eye investigation exposed how Aveo Pharmaceuticals, a Mumbai-based company was illegally exporting a harmful mix of tapentadol and carisoprodol into Ghana, Nigeria, and Cote d’Ivoire – fueling a public…
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The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) has rekeased Red Notices for 14 Nigerian nationals accused of crimes including human trafficking, drug trafficking, robbery, cheating, and forgery. These notices were published on the INTERPOL website, with the suspects wanted by various countries for alleged criminal activities. The individuals named in the notices are Felix Omoregie, Jessica…
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(NAN) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has busted a snake-guarded shrine used for the storage of illicit drugs in Egor community near Benin, Edo. Mr Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the NDLEA operatives…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced that its special operation unit has taken down a cartel controlled by a drug baron, 49-year-old Kelechi Monday Nwaobasi, and his 50-year-old elder sister, Ms. Chinwe Rose Nwaobasi. The NDLEA said the development followed the arrest of the suspects’ siblings and the seizure of cocaine and…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested four intending pilgrims as they planned to ingest wraps of cocaine ahead of their flight on Wednesday. The Director, Media, and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement in Abuja on Thursday, said its officials had raided Emerald Hotel, Ladipo area of Oshodi, Lagos State where…
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Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has been released from the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory after spending 27 months in detention. Kyari was detained following his arrest on February 14, 2022, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for alleged involvement with an international drug cartel. Kyari, along with four…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a 48-year-old Paris, France-bound businessman, Emmanuel Okechuku Orjinze for ingesting 111 wraps of cocaine. Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters Abuja, Femi Babafemi, who made this known in a statement on Sunday, said Orinze excreted the substance after days of observation in the agency’s…
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