Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted drugs valued at N22.7 billion in separate operations at Lagos and Rivers seaports. The seizures included over 32 million tramadol pills at Lekki Deep Seaport and 1.4 million bottles of codeine syrup at Apapa and Port Harcourt ports, in a major blow to transnational drug cartels. Femi Babafemi, spokesman …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a wanted drug kingpin, Damilare Ajiboye aka “Na God” after 12 months of evading arrest. The arrest followed a raid on his warehouse in Akala, Mushin area of Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday. Babafemi said …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted a total of 25,000,000.00 pills of tapentadol, an opioid three times stronger than tramadol and 350,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Tincan port complex in Lagos. The seizures were made on Tuesday, 17 September and Friday, 20 September 2024 from three containers which had been on the watchlist of the …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted consignments of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids concealed in ladies’ sanitary pads and hair treatment cream containers by three courier firms in Lagos, heading to the United Kingdom, Ireland and Cyprus. In a statement, yesterday, NDLEA said: “In one of the logistics companies, no fewer than 30 parcels of cocaine …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has decried what it described as baseless and unfounded, allegations of nepotism and favouritism in the appointment of its Directors, Commanders and other top officials of the anti-drug abuse organization. This is just as the Agency noted that out of the 108 topmost appointments and positions in the Agency, 68 of them are …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have smashed drug syndicates and intercepted 31.124 million pills of tramadol 225mg and bottles of codeine-based syrup worth over N17.93 billion in street value at the Port Harcourt Port Complex, Onne, Rivers State and Tincan seaport in Lagos. In a statement, NDLEA said: “The seizures were made following intelligence processed by …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has warned the Oduma community in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State to return a stolen pistol belonging to the agency within seven days or face legal consequences. This was disclosed in a statement by the agency’s Public Relations Officer, Daniel Obah. No fewer than four NDLEA operatives were injured after being assaulted …

The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brigadier General Buba Marwa (retd.) has granted special promotions to eight officers of the Marine Command of the Agency for their brave and professional conduct during a recent operation. The officers arrested a drug trafficker and intercepted boats moving illicit drugs from Ghana to Nigeria through the Lagos waterways. …

The Delta State Commander of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Barr. Abubakar Wada has said that over 14.6 per cent of Nigerians are drug abusers. He added that the statistics of drug abusers in Nigeria, especially in the higher institutions, and its environs were alarming and threatening. He made the assertion when he paid a courtesy call on the …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) yesterday said an Onitsha, Anambra State-based businessman, Ibeanusi Solomon Nosike, excreted 68 wraps of cocaine after 12 days of observation. Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said this followed Nosike’s arrest at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos by operatives of the NDLEA. According to the statement, …