Sunday Amosu, 25, has been accused of trafficking 1.3 kg of Cannabis sativa by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday before a Federal High Court in Lagos. Drug trafficking is the alleged offence against the defendant. The NDLEA claimed that the defendant committed the offence on November 10 at Aboki Estate in Read More…
Drug Trafficking
NDLEA files trafficking charge against minor
A 17-year-old has been charged with two counts of alleged drug trafficking by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) before the Federal High Court in Lagos. In a charge sheet signed by NDLEA prosecutor Mr. L.N. Nor, the NDLEA claimed that the youngster had committed the crime on October 3 in the Lagos neighbourhood Read More…
64-year-old charged with hemp trafficking
Lucky Osuya, 64, was charged with hemp trafficking by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday. The defendant is facing charges at a Federal High Court in Lagos. The charge is labelled FHC/L/590C/2022. According to the NDLEA, the defendant committed the crime on September 18, in the Ikate area of Lagos State. The Read More…
NDLEA sets ablaze 1.8 tons of crack cocaine seized from Ikorodu warehouse
The 1.8 tons of cocaine recovered from a warehouse in the Ikorodu area of Lagos on Sept 19 by the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has been torched. The anti-narcotic agency had, on Sept. 19, stormed a warehouse in a well-coordinated and intelligence-led operation that lasted two days and seized the hard drugs from Read More…
Ikorodu warehouse busted, NDLEA seizes N194bn worth of crack cocaine
A warehouse in a secluded estate in Ikorodu area of Lagos State was raided by men of the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and over N194 billion worth of crack cocaine was seized. Crack cocaine, commonly known simply as crack, and also known as rock, is a free base form of cocaine that can Read More…
Ex-convict nabbed again in Lagos for importing cocaine
An ex-convict, Onyeka Madukolu, was arrested by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos, for importing 5.90 kilogrammes of cocaine. According to a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja, the drugs were concealed in cans Read More…
90-year-old man nabbed by NDLEA for supplying drugs to bandits
Others nabbed at Lagos Airport A 90-year-old retired soldier, Usman Adamu, has been arrested for supplying narcotics to bandits by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Mailalle, Sabon Birni, in Sokoto The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. At the Read More…
Police intercept cannabis worth N3m in Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have intercepted 10 bags of illicit drugs worth N3 million and suspected to be Indian Hemp. Lagos Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday. Hundeyin said that the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives on a routine patrol intercepted the vehicle Read More…
NDLEA intercepts 3m opioid caps at Lagos terminal
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has intercepted three million capsules of opioids at Jaelith Bonded Container Terminal under Tincan seaport in Apapa area of Lagos. NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi , said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the seizure of 3million capsules of Tapentadol and Carisoprodol weighing Read More…
Abuja #EndSARS panel orders NDLEA to produce Abba Kyari
An Independent Investigation Panel sitting in Abuja on Friday ordered the Chairman, National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa to produce suspended DCP Abba Kyari on March 22. The panel also ordered the new Commandant of the IGP-IRT, Tunde Disu to do the needful to ensure that Kyari is produced before the Read More…