The Nigeria Police Helicopter, Bell 429 5NMDA, flying from Abuja to Bauchi on Wednesday, January 26, 2022, was involved in a controlled safe landing at the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi. The aircraft did not crash as being reported in some sections of the media and none of […]
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Intercepts UK, Saudi-bound cocaine concealed in synthetic hair The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, raided a leisure centre in Abuja known as the garden and arrested six people for peddling drug cookies and noodles. Following solid intelligence, operators stormed the yard outside Shoprite in Wuse Zone 5, where […]
Seizes cash, arms, ammunition, 137.754kg narcotics across 7 states On Friday, January 14th, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, intercepted approximately one million, five hundred thousand tablets and capsules of pharmaceutical opioids such as Tramadol, Exol-5, and Diazepam loaded in Onitsha, Anambra state and headed to Yauri, […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, in the early hours of today, Wednesday 12th January arrested a skit maker, Sunday Joshua, popularly known on social media as De-General, following the raid of a notorious drug joint at Orchid Estate, Lekki area of Lagos state. Acting on credible […]
The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 625 rounds of ammunition in Kwara state. The rounds of ammunition packed in 14 cartons were intercepted at Bukuro, Baruten local government area of Kwara state, a border community between Nigeria and Benin Republic. The Kwara area commander of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller […]
Brazil returnee excretes cocaine pellets at Enugu airport Osagie Robert, a 76-year-old grandpa, was apprehended by NDLEA operatives in Edo state, where a suspected fake security agent, Godwin Ilevbare, a.k.a Edwin Agbon, was also apprehended for bringing narcotic chocolates and cookies from Canada into Nigeria to sell. Godwin was apprehended […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC have agreed to strengthen existing partnership and synergy between the two agencies in various areas of operations especially in the fight against drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking. The commitment was the highpoint of […]
Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has urged all those currently participating in the illicit drug trade to turn a new leaf or risk losing their freedom and assets in the new year. In his New Year’s greeting, the […]
Three drug traffickers dressed in security agency clothes were apprehended with over 427 kilograms of illicit substances in Borno state and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, by agents of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. While Yakubu Kotri, posing as a military officer, was apprehended on Wednesday, December 29th […]
. Intercepts Heroin At Airport; Arrests Young Lady Attempting To Smuggle Cocaine Concealed In Cooked Food For Boyfriend In Agency’s Custody Desperate bids by drug cartels to push out millions of illicit drug tablets across Lagos and other parts of the country for the festive season have been frustrated by […]