Browsing: Illicit drugs

A 43-year-old man simply identified as Obiefule Nwagha is now in custody for allegedly conveying 1,040 tons of Indian hemp at the Ilufe waterside jetty at the Alaba International Market, Ojo, in Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident occurred on April 17 at about 4:30 p.m. A police source from the division who […]

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has recently conducted a raid targeting drug sellers in Apapa, Lagos and nearby areas as part of its efforts to tackle the distribution and vending of unauthorised drugs. This was made known in a statement shared on the agency’s X account on Friday. The […]

B.C. Solicitor General and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth expressed disappointment with the latest extension of an injunction against a public drug use ban.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have apprehended a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu; and a 30-year-old dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, for vending and distributing illegal drug-laced chin-chin to school students and at social gatherings in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The information was disclosed by the spokesperson for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a […]