More than two months after they were declared wanted, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested three members of an organised criminal organisation, which specialises in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America. This followed the recent seizure of the single largest consignment of heroin at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has warned the public, particularly those with relatives abroad, about a new fraudulent scheme being orchestrated by impersonators posing as NDLEA officers. This was made known in a statement by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, shared on the agency’s website on Saturday. The statement said: “The National Drug …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted what it described as the single largest heroin consignment at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. The agency also arrested members of an organised criminal organisation which specialises in trafficking heroin across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America in an operation leading to the seizure of the consignment …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted a large consignment of loud, synthetic, strong strains of cannabis concealed in giant loudspeakers tucked in a consolidated cargo imported from New York, United States of America. In a press statement by its Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, the agency stated that, when the giant …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday warned intending pilgrims for this year’s Hajj against hiding prohibited items in their luggage while departing for Saudi Arabia. Assistant Commander, Narcotic, Aisha Hamisu, issued the warning while addressing prospective pilgrims in Kano at the opening of the state enlightenment exercise yesterday. The senior narcotic officer drew the participants’ attention to prohibited …

The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd.) has revealed that at least 15 drug kingpins out of 3,412 drug offenders that were successfully prosecuted by the anti-narcotics agency, and convicted in 2023, collectively bagged 168 years imprisonment. He disclosed this on Wednesday while addressing commanders and officers of the agency during …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has declared an ex-beauty queen, Ms Aderinoye Queen Christmas also known as Ms Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, wanted after she allegedly escaped from her Lekki, Lagos residence, when NDLEA operatives raided her apartment at Oral Estate, Lekki on 24 January, following credible intelligence she deals in illicit substances. The suspect was Miss Commonwealth Nigeria …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) raided a “skuchies’’ factory operated by a 28-year-old at Moniya. Chapman drink laced with hard drugs is known as “skuchies”. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, made this disclosure on Sunday in Abuja, saying that 76.6kg of Indian hemp, 134gm of tramadol, 93gm of Rophynol and 50 litres of skuchies were recovered from the …

A total of 919 suspects were arrested by the Lagos State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with different illicit drugs weighing 95 tons in 2023. Aside from the arrests and recovered illicit drugs, 237 offenders were also prosecuted and convicted with various jail terms in the year under review. Assistant State Commander, Media and Advocacy, Mallum …

A 70-year-old grandma, Selifat Funke Cole, and her son, Babajide Ayorinde Cole, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with 117.900kg of cannabis sativa. The arrest followed the raiding of a house in the Mushin area of Lagos where the woman resides with her family. The spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi made this …