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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a South African woman at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, over her alleged involvement in trafficking heroin into Nigeria. The suspect was apprehended during an intelligence-led anti-narcotics operation at the airport after NDLEA officers reportedly intercepted a consignment of heroin concealed in her…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered and dismantled a large-scale clandestine methamphetamine production facility hidden deep within a forest in Oyo State, leading to the arrest of a Mexican national and four Nigerian suspects allegedly involved in the operation. NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), disclosed…
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…
Aderinoye Queen Christmas, also known as Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, a former beauty queen declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has surrendered to the Lagos State Command after approximately eight months in hiding. NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi announced in a statement on Sunday, September 1, 2024, that Aderinoye turned herself in on…
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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) 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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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has warned Nigerians against a mixture of illicit drugs called ‘Combine’ adding that there’s no shorter route to death than it. The mixture is a combination of strains of Cannabis, colos, loud and opioids soaked in raw gin. The Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, revealed this on…
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A preliminary objection has been filed to a suit instituted by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and a chieftain of the opposition party, Senator Dino Melaye, seeking an order of mandamus to compel the anti-narcotics agency to arrest and prosecute the president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over alleged forfeiture of some funds in his bank…
The National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it will not spare anyone found complicit in the 25kg cocaine deal allegedly involving Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police. On Monday, the anti-drug agency, in a press briefing, declared Kyari wanted over alleged links with an international drug cartel. Femi Babalola, spokesperson of the NDLEA, narrated…
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