Tag: Ndlea
N22.74 billion Opioids seized at Lagos, Port Harcourt Seaports in massive drug bust
Babafemi explained that the illicit consignments were intercepted from containers flagged by NDLEA based on intelligence, and processed for full…
Thailand returnee Oguejiofor smashed with ₦3.2 billion Heroin at Lagos Airport
NDLEA officers intercepted him at the exit, and a search of his two suitcases revealed three empty backpacks in each,…
N9 Billion drug ring smashed as NDLEA intercepts containers from India
NDLEA's spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday said alongside these pills, authorities recovered 338,253 bottles of codeine-based cough…
Drug bust: NDLEA nets Canadian woman with 35kg ‘Canadian Loud’ at Lagos Airport
NDLEA's spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday said as officers conducted a joint examination of her luggage at…
NDLEA seizes 1,045.93kgs of illicit substances, nabs 420 suspects in Kaduna
He said the command would continue to combat illicit drug trafficking even as he appealed for timely and useful information…
Wanted drug kingpins, 2 ex-convicts arrested
While 2.3kg of loud hidden in a carton was going to Thailand, 749 grams of tramadol concealed in soles of…
NDLEA nabs ex-convict with cocaine worth N4.6bn at Lagos airport
He said the Agency would continue to work to disrupt the activities of drug cartels operating in the country
Nigerian drug mule Okafor excretes 76 Cocaine pellets after NDLEA arrest
Upon his arrest, the suspect was placed under excretion observation. After three days in custody, Okafor excreted all 76 pellets…
Lagos drug raid: NDLEA seizes Opioids worth N16.1bn, arrests key figures
“The 25 million pills of tapentadol have an estimated street value of N13.7 billion, while the codeine consignment is valued…
Nigerian drug lords smashed: 87 Cocaine dummies seized in training operation
Nosike, who had been under observation for 12 days, excreted 68 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.282 kg after being arrested…
NDLEA unmasks hidden Cocaine in Custard in major UK-bound drug bust, takes down two
The freight agent, Owojori, reportedly confessed to having worked for Mrs. Adewunmi in exporting cargo to the UK, disclosing that…
Inside cocaine empire: NDLEA takes down kingpin Aremu behind international drug routes
Babafemi said shortly after Sidika’s arrest, another drug mule, Lawal Lateef Oyenuga, was apprehended on November 24, 2022, with a…
Fall of alleged drug kingpin: Suleiman Ganiu Aremu’s reign ends
The judge also ruled that “an order is hereby made declaring one Olarenwaju Ramon Abdulahi wanted who is presently at…
NDLEA intercepts UK, Europe-bound cocaine, opioids in Lagos
Babafemi said that the tramadol pills were seized during a joint examination of a cargo that came from Delhi, India,…
NDLEA dismisses allegations of lopsided appointments, nepotism as baseless
Out of the 20 Directors/ Commandant in NDLEA, 14 are Christians and 6 Muslims; of the 14 Zonal Commanders, 9…
From crown to custody: Ex-beauty queen Aderinoye wanted for drug Offences turns herself in
Aderinoye, who was crowned Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture 2015/2016 and is the founder of the Queen Christmas Foundation, had been…
Opioid Tsunami: NDLEA seizes N17.9bn Tramadol, Codeine at Nigerian Ports
Babafemi added that this brought the total bottles of codeine seized at Onne, Rivers and Tincan in Lagos to 1,284,600…
Five female cross-border drug trafficking gang smashed by NDLEA
Babafemi said the leader of the syndicate, 42-year-old Olaribigbe Bashirat Feyisara had been under NDLEA radar before being tracked and…
NDLEA intercepts N2.2bn Codeine bottles at Lagos Port
Babafemi said the codeine were recovered from the containers during a joint examination with other port stakeholders at the Tincan…
Vietnam-bound drug dealer Ibeanusi, excretes 68 wraps of cocaine at Lagos Airport
NDLEA's spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said the 36-year-old Ibeanusi was arrested in the early hours of…
NDLEA impounds codeine-based syrup worth N6.2468 billion
Babafemi said the codeine-based syrup were recovered from five containers at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers state during…
Vietnam-bound drug dealer Mbadugha excretes 88 wraps of cocaine at Abuja Airport
Femi Babafemi, NDLEA's spokesman in a statement on Sunday said the 54-year-old suspect was intercepted at the boarding gate of…
Three kingpins, 16 others jailed total 302 years for drug trafficking
NDLEA's spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Friday said the 19 convicts top the list of 414 drug traffickers…
NDLEA smashes cocaine syndicates, recovers multi-billion-naira drugs
In the same vein, he said five other consignments going to the US, UK and Canada were also intercepted at…
10 suspected drug traffickers busted
He said that the suspects nabbed in connection with the seizure of 42kg of the same psychoactive substance include: Jimoh…
NDLEA intercepts U.S, UK bound drug consignments in baby food tins
"No less than 36 parcels of a strong strain of cannabis concealed in six cartons of tins of branded Nestle…
NDLEA seizes 606.998kg illicit drugs, nabs 158 suspects in Kaduna
He also confirmed that one single barrel gun, ammunition and six empty cartridges were intercepted by the Command.
Deadly woman Ubaida Aliyu delivering ammunition to bandits cracked in Kaduna
Also, Babafemi disclosed that two suspects, Abioye Adeniyi, 39, and Rafiu Lekan, 41, were arrested with 55 jumbo wraps of…
NDLEA operatives raid Osun forest, arrest 17 suspects, destroy 31,250kg of cannabis
The NDLEA operatives destroyed 31,250kg of cannabis on 12.5 hectares of farmland, while 84kg of processed cannabis sativa was recovered…
Spain-based businessman Akajiobi busted with cocaine hidden in his sandals at Lagos Airport
NDLEA's spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said the two parcels of cocaine were concealed in the soles…