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 National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said on Sunday that its operatives successfully intercepted a large consignment of Ghanaian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis sativa, smuggled into Lagos from Ghana, loaded in two trucks and a J5 bus with a total weight of 14,524.8 kilograms. NDLEA said the three vehicles conveying jumbo bags of the psychoactive substance were …

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 …

Delta Governor, Chief Sheriff Oborevwori, has voiced concerns over rising cases of illicit drug use among youths in the state. He said his administration aims to curb the menace in the state through campaigns and rehabilitation strategies, including the reintegration into society via wealth and job creation programmes under the administration’s MORE agenda. Oborevwori who spoke, yesterday, in a Delta …

A 28-year-old female ammunition supplier, Bilkisu Suleman, has been apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kano State on her way to supply weapons to bandits. She was arrested on 3 January 2024, during the anti-narcotics agency’s New Year interdiction operations across multiple states. Bilkisu was found in possession of 249 rounds of 7.62 mm live ammunition …

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 …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives on Saturday intercepted 12 consignments of cocaine belonging to members of a drug trafficking organisation at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu. According to the NDLEA, a businessman, Augustine Justine Emeka, 44, who claimed he deals in copper wire, was arrested at the airport upon his arrival from Douala, …