New impetus in NDLEA’s drug war
HARD drug peddling and abuse is a worldwide phenomenon. It was in recognition of this fact that the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, was established. It facilitates the sharing of information on the drug menace among countries. The Vienna, Austria-based UNODC in June this year, reported that in 2020, 270 million people […]
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.
School leaver, accounting graduate nabbed with drugs at Abuja, Kano Airports
By Kingsley Omonobi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled attempts by a 23-year-old secondary school leaver, Iwuyi Princewill Chukwuka and an Europe based Nigerian, Peter Mkwo to export nine kilograms of skunk and methamphetamine through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja to Turkey and Belgium respectively. Peter Mkwo, 37, […]
NDLEA arrests 10 online drug traffickers, seizes 107kg cocaine in fresh raids
By Kingsley Omonobi … Intercepts heroin, meth going to Europe, UAE in Lagos …Nabs 11 despatch motorcycles, car uwed for distributing drugs in Abuja Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have launched fresh raids on online drug traffickers in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, during which a young lady and her boyfriend […]
There’s a link between hard drugs and insecurity — Marwa
The Director-General of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Buba Marwa drew a link between the use of hard drugs and insurgency
Drug kingpin offered $24,500 bribe to evade arrest at Lagos airport — NDLEA
A Brazil-based drug kingpin has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who also intercepted 36 blocks of cocaine, weighing 27.95 kilogrammes with a street value of over N8 billion at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos.
