A Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday sentenced a 37-year-old man, Samuel Bitrus, to 18 months imprisonment for drug trafficking. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) had arraigned Bitrus on June 27 before Justice Yelin Bogoro on a four-count charge of exporting 42.2kg of Cannabis Sativa to the …
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Man, 30, arraigned for alleged Possession of Firearm
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday, remanded a 30-year-old man, Opeyemi Ogunjimi at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre, pending trial, for allegedly being in possession of firearms. Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke, fixed commencement of his trial for Nov. 6. The defendant, was arraigned on a three-count charge, by the Department …
Read More »NDLEA arrests 37, recovers 345.421kg of drugs in Edo
The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said it arrested 37 suspected drug traffickers and seized narcotic drugs weighing 345.421 kilogrammes in June. Mitchell Ofoyeju, the State Commander of the agency disclosed this on Monday while reviewing the operations of the command in the fight against …
Read More »DSS arrests father, mother, daughters for drug
The Department of State Security (DSS) has arrested a businessman, Ajah Johnson Uchenna, and his wife, Rosemary Uchenna, along with their two daughters – Stella Uchenna and Ngozi Uchenna – as well as their family friend, Okoro Elijah, for drug. The DSS, after the drug burst, handed over to the …
Read More »NDLEA recovers $17.7million travelers’ cheques in children books
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) said on Sunday that it has intercepted a total of 52 pieces of travelers cheques concealed in children books worth $17.7million. The cheques, according to a statement issued by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi in Abuja, were enroute to Malaysia through Istanbul on …
Read More »NDLEA destroys 9.67 hectares of cannabis farmland, arrests 7 suspects
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has destroyed 24,175 kilograms of skunk on 9.67 hectares of cannabis farmland at Ikaka, Oke-Ila forest, Osun. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that NDLEA operatives had raided the area …
Read More »NDLEA arrests 353 suspects, seizes 3.1m Kg of hard drugs in Taraba
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Taraba State has arrested 353 suspects, including 18 women, for various drug-related offences between June 2024 and June 2025. State Commander of the agency, Ali Umar, revealed this during a press briefing commemorating the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and …
Read More »Ex-footballer, four others arrested for 22.6kg cocaine, meth seized at Lagos, Enugu Airports
● 72-year-old grandma, Beninese, others nabbed in NDLEA raids in Delta, Kwara, Lagos Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a former football player Segun George Hunkarin along with his business partner Ntoruka Chinedu for attempt to smuggle a consignment of cocaine into Nigeria through the …
Read More »NDLEA seizes 14 containers of illicit substances in 1 year
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Apapa Command, says it has seized 14 containers with different types of psychotropic drugs in the last one year, breaking the distribution cycle of illicit drugs. The Assistant Commander General of Narcotics, Buba Wakawa (ACGN), made this known during the joint grand finale by …
Read More »President Tinubu rejects NDLEA Amendment Bill
President Bola Tinubu has declined assent to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Amendment Bill, 2025, recently passed by the National Assembly. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the bill proposes granting the NDLEA the power to retain a portion of the proceeds from drug related crimes …
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