Browsing: NDLEA

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has broken up a drug group operating in Nigeria, South Africa, and Thailand. Five members of the syndicate were detained, and a large amount of illegal drugs was confiscated. This information was disclosed in a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and shared on […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested three wanted members of a criminal network specializing in drug trafficking across several countries. This was made known in a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and shared on the agency’s website on Sunday. The statement also revealed that recent seizures […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has warned travelers against taking any luggage that they don’t know its content from anyone while traveling. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared this information via his X account on Sunday. Supporting his recommendation, he revealed that two students, one of whom was a PhD student, encountered trouble when bottles of codeine syrup were found in the luggage they were carrying for a female friend studying abroad.

The Nigeria Army, 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, on Tuesday, said that it has handed over 441 pawpaw sized substance suspected to be cannabis sativa weighing 223Kg to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, Ogun State Command . The acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations of the Brigade, Lt Mohammed Goni, stated this in a […]

NDLEA operatives arrested a 35-year-old woman, Chidinma Chinenye-Agbazue, after she was caught trying to export 20 parcels of Cannabis Sativa weighing 10.70kg to Doha, Qatar through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. The illegal drugs were concealed in African salad popularly called […]

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency's operatives have confiscated over 44,948.1kg of illegal drugs and arrested eight suspects in multiple raids across Lagos, Edo, and Ondo states. The anti-narcotics agency also took possession of 11 vehicles owned by the drug cartels. This information was revealed by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on […]

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 […]

Operatives from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested two men for smuggling Tramadol pills. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared the information via his X account, along with a video showing the intercepted contraband. He also shared a video showing the seized contraband and disclosed how the individuals managed to evade security checkpoints until being intercepted by the NDLEA.

Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency found an illicit drug consignment hidden in the engine compartment of an interstate commercial bus. They arrested two grandfathers for drug trafficking. Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media & Advocacy, revealed this in a statement on Sunday.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives found drugs concealed in the engine compartments and tire tubes of public transport vehicles. Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media and Advocacy, conveyed this information through his X account on Sunday, along with a video showing the intercepted contraband. Babafemi expressed concern about the increasing desperation of drug traffickers […]