THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kaduna State recovered 478 kilogrammes of various illicit drugs in November. This is according to a statement made on Tuesday by the command’s spokeswoman, Shuaibu Yusuf-Omale. According to Yusuf-Omale, cocaine, heroin, cannabis, tramadol, methamphetamine, and other psychotropic substances were among the items …
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NDLEA Uncovers Meth, Opioid Consignments In Jeans Hems, Dolls, Buttons
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have thwarted crooked attempts by drug syndicates at some courier firms in Lagos to export illicit substances including various quantities of methamphetamine and opioids concealed in hems of new jeans trousers, dolls, buttons, local soap and tins of milo beverage …
Read More »NDLEA Arrest Sokoto Indian Hemp Farmer
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Sokoto State office, on Friday, arrested one Anas Sani, 32, discovered to be an Indian hemp farmer in the state. The agency’s state Commander, Iro Adamu, in his remarks, said the discovery was made last Friday night at the Sanyinna area in Tambuwal Local …
Read More »NDLEA Seizes illicit Drugs Concealed In Vehicle Parts
OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have seized Illicit drugs concealed in various parts of vehicles, including dashboards, tyre rims, tubes, engine compartments, and body compartments. This was made known in a statement shared by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday. Sharing the video, …
Read More »NDLEA Seizes 14.4m Tramadol Pills In Lagos As Trafficker Excretes 86 Wraps Of Heroin
The National Drug Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have recovered no less than 14,481,519 pills of Tramadol and bottles of codeine syrup worth over N13 billion in street value in three significant busts of drug cartels operating in Amuwo Odofin, Idumota and the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Muhammed …
Read More »NDLEA Arrest Two With Firearms In Nasarawa
ONE Abdulrahman Sani and Ibrahim Usman, both in their 20s, have been apprehended for illegal firearm possession on the Keffi-Nasarawa Road. The Nasarawa State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Peter Onche-Odaudu, confirmed this while speaking at a press conference held earlier in Lafia, the state capital. According …
Read More »Drug War: NDLEA Will Deploy Personnel In 774 LGAs In 2024 – Marwa
THE Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), has said the anti-narcotics agency will deploy personnel in all 774 local government areas of the country in 2024 as part of efforts to strengthen the war against substance abuse and illicit …
Read More »NDLEA Takes Anti-drug Campaign To Kwara Schools
THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it is scaling up its war against drug abuse to secondary schools in Kwara. The agency said the campaign would be conducted in partnership with the schools under its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) school clubs. The agency announced this in a …
Read More »Drama In Kogi As Police, NDLEA Clash Over Arrest Of Inspector’s Wife Selling Cannabis, Inside Station
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and officers of the Nigeria Police Force have engaged in a physical tussle over the arrest of a police Inspector’s wife allegedly caught with a bag of Cannabis Sativa and other illicit drugs. SaharaReporters gathered that the incident happened around 11am …
Read More »Court Jails Notorious Drug Trafficker 10 years In Kano
Muhammad Bako Sambo, a notorious Cannabis Sativa trafficker, has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Federal High Court 3, Kano, presided over by Justice S.A. Amobeda. Sambo was among seven drug traffickers arrested and convicted by the Kano State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in …
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