The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu, and a 30-year-old dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo in Bayelsa State. The anti-narcotic agency accused the duo of selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to school students and at social gatherings within the state. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi said officers of …

Operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted a consignment of Indian hemp and other psychoactive drugs hidden in the engine compartment of a commercial bus travelling interstate. In a statement, yesterday, the Spokesman of the agency, Mr. Femi Babafemi said the drugs, weighing at least 5.2kg, were intercepted on Thursday on Gbongan-Ibadan Road in Osun. He …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) have agreed to partner on the conduct of drug tests for footballers in the country as part of efforts to curb the menace of substance abuse in Nigeria. According to a statement by the Director of Media and Advocacy of NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi that was …

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 …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and the Progressive Impact Organisation for Community Development (PRIMORG) have warned youths, especially students, to stay away from illicit drugs and psychotropic substances. The warning is in continuation of PRIMORG’s recently flagged-off drug demand reduction campaign tagged, Safe Without Drugs (SWiD) initiative at Government Secondary School, Apo, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, last …

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 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 …