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, …

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 …

The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum has assured the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of his commitment to bolstering the current partnership between his government and the anti-narcotics agency to achieve the goal of a drug-free society across all 27 local government areas of the state. Zulum gave the assurance when he hosted NDLEA Chief Executive Officer, Brigadier …

No fewer than 14,481,519 pills of tramadol and bottles of codeine syrup worth over N13 billion in street value have been recovered by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in three major busts of drug cartels operating in Amuwo Odofin, Idumota and the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. The anti-narcotics agency …