Tag: Drug Trafficking
NDLEA charges 20-year-old for drug trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has charged a 20-year-old man, Buhari Lawal, with peddling 1.45kg of Cannabis Sativa…
5 drug traffickers arrested
The Afghan Interior Ministry on Sunday said five drug traffickers have been arrested.
Honduran President Hernandez linked with drug trafficking
U.S. prosecutors claimed Honduras' President Juan Orlando Hernández met a drug trafficker around 2013 and took $25,000 in exchange for…
Court sentences sexagenarian to 9 years imprisonment
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, sentenced a 62-year-old man, Nurudeen Aremu, to nine years in jail for…
Court sentences drug trafficker to 15 years imprisonment
A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 41-year-old man, Raji Adio, to a concurrent jail term of 15…
Police bust cross-border drug trafficking ring
Public security department of north China's Shanxi Province on Sunday said police have recently arrested 10 suspects and seized 21…
Edo NDLEA Apprehends 65 Drug Trafficking Suspects
No fewer than 65 suspected drug traffickers have been apprehended by the Edo State Command of the National Drug Law…
NDLEA charges 2 brothers for drug trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday, preferred drug trafficking charges before a Federal High Court Lagos, against…
Nigerian Ugbechi jailed 30 years in Tanzania for drugs
Tanzania's High Court for Economic Corruption and Organized Crime Division has sentenced Nigerian, Christian Ugbechi to 30 years imprisonment for…
Kashamu extradition: Court to begin hearing afresh over alleged drug trafficking
A Federal High Court in Lagos has now fixed June 6, to reopen hearing in a suit by Sen. Buruji…
Drug trafficking: Airport scanners not functioning optimally – Dabiri-Erewa
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa says scanners at some Nigerian…
President Buhari vows to intensify fight against drug traffickers
President Muhammadu Buhari says the sweeping offensive against drug trafficking will be sustained, urging Nigerians in diaspora to always provide…
Zainab Aliyu, Ibrahim Abubakar’s release: Muslim groups hail FG
Muslim groups on Friday commended the Federal Government for efforts to secure the release of Miss Zainab Aliyu and Mr…
Zainab Aliyu: Ganduje lauds FG over release
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has commended the Federal Government for securing the release of Zainab Aliyu, a Nigerian…
Canadian citizen sentenced to death in China for drug trafficking
China has sentenced a Canadian citizen to death for his involvement in drug trafficking. Canada’s Fan Wei received the death…
Drug-trafficking: Another Nigerian arrested in Saudi Arabia
Another Nigerian has been arrested in Jeddah airport, Saudi Arabia for allegedly smuggling about 1,138g of cocaine, Senior Special Assistant…
NDLEA boss worries over school-age children’s involvement in drug trafficking
Edo State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, Mr Buba Wakawa has expressed worries over the involvement…
Man bags 14-month jail sentence for drug trafficking
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, sentenced one Dauda Sani to 14 months in prison for being in possession…
Unemployed man sentenced for drug trafficking
For trafficking in 450g of Cannabis Sativa, a Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 38-year-old man, Bana Lliyasu,…
Man sentenced to 15 months imprisonment for drug trafficking
A Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday sentenced a 32- years-old man, Mojeed Akeem, to 15 months imprisonment for…
Man bags 50 months in prison for drug trafficking
A 38-year-old man, Ayo Ogunjobi, is to spend the next 50 months in prison for drug trafficking, a Federal High…
Nigerian prophet arrested in Zambia for drug trafficking
Zambian authorities have arrested a Nigerian pastor for allegedly trafficking 26.29 kilogram of ephedrine, a medication and stimulant drug, a…
Drug trafficker pleads guilty in court
Guilt-racked 30-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Stephen James, who is standing trial for drug trafficking, is to cool his heels in prison…
3 Kogi policemen dismissed for drug trafficking
Kogi State Police Command has dismissed three of its officers for their alleged involvement in the trafficking of 30 bags…
Former Anti-Drugs Chief Investigated Over Narco-Trafficking
France’s Former anti-drugs agency boss has been placed under formal investigation over allegations that he aided and abetted narco-traffickers, the…
Bus Conductor Jailed 5 Years For Drug Trafficking
A 23-year-old bus conductor, Ahmed Abbas, was on Thursday sentenced to five years imprisonment for drug peddling, according to a…
3 drug traffickers jailed 39 months
Three drug traffickers are to spend the next 39 months in jail, Justice Joyce Abdumaleek of the Federal High Court,…
Pharmacists Advocate Stiffer Penalties For Drug Trafficking
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has called on the Federal Government to ensure stiffer punishment for perpetrators of drug…
Man Jailed 3 Years For Drug Trafficking
A 24-year-old man, Abiodun Ayinla, who peddled 650 grammes of Cannabis Sativa (hemp), is to spend the next three years…
Algerian military seize 1.4 tons of drugs near Moroccan border
The Algerian Defense Ministry said on Monday that Army troops managed to seize some 1.4 tons of drugs in two…