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 …

A few hours after the launch of Operation Gbalumo to rid Kwara of drug abuse, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kwara State Command, said it intercepted 11 kilogrammes of illegal substances on the Ilorin-Lagos Road. According to officials of the NDLEA, The drugs identified as cannabis sativa, were packed in a carton inside a bus with number plate …

Three operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been injured with one shot in the head following an attack by hoodlums protecting a drugs’ den inside the Opuje forest in Edo State. In a statement on Thursday, the spokesman for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said the operatives came under gunfire in the early hours of Monday, 4 …

The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa (retd.), has warned that there will be no room for internal sabotage in the renewed war against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in the country. Marwa gave the warning in his remarks at the passing out ceremony of an additional 2,500 cadets of Senior Officers Basic Course …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has urged parents to be vigilant and check for small, decorative bottles in the bags or pockets of their children. In a statement on Sunday, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi disclosed that the bottles are reportedly being used to package a substance known as Loud/Colos, particularly among youths in …