Nigeria arrests 8,634 drug traffickers in 8 months, seizures worth N100bn – NDLEA boss
Nigeria arrested no fewer than 8,634 suspected drug traffickers from January to August 2021, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), has disclosed. Marwa told the Human Rights, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Committee of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday that NDLEA also made seizures of […]
NDLEA nabs doctor for baking hemp-biscuits, ex-soldier for dealing in cocaine
A medical doctor, Jane Chioma Ofoma, has been arrested in Auchi, Edo State, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for operating an online catering service, Omachi’s kitchen, through which she sells drugged biscuits.
Man, 21, charged with peddling 750g cannabis
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has charged a 21-year-old man, John Kelechi, before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly peddling in Cannabis. The defendant is facing a count charge of drug trafficking. The charge is marked FHC/L/106c/2021. The prosecutor, Mr Jeremiah Aernan, alleged that the defendant committed the offence on May […]
NDLEA arrests officer, 6 others for dealing in cocaine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a serving officer of a law enforcement agency for selling assorted illicit drugs to students of a federal university and cultists in Ogun state. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
Admission seekers, would-be couples to undergo drug test — NDLEA
Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, Chairman of National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said that anyone intending to get married would have to do drug test. He stated this on Saturday at the yearly Ogidi-Ela Day cultural celebration in Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi. Marwa, who was the guest speaker at the occasion, also […]
Navy nabs 29-year-old with 26kg of hemp, hands him to NDLEA
A 29 years old suspected drug peddler nabbed with 26 kilogrammes of Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp), arrested by officials of the Nigerian Navy from Onitsha Naval Outpost, has been handed over to the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for further investigation and possible prosecution.
