Tag: Illicit drugs

NDLEA intercepts N1.1bn Travellers’ Cheques, 10.89kg cocaine at Lagos airport

Aminu Imam

Travellers’ cheques in different foreign currencies with a total value of N1.157 billion have been intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA). At least, a suspect, Oguma Richard Uchenna has been arrested in connection to the attempt to export the cheques, which were neatly concealed inside four bound hardcover books disguised as academic project literature, to the United Kingdom. The financial instruments suspected to be counterfeits were discovered on Wednesday, 27th April, at the NAHCO export shed…

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Benin Republic hands over container-load of Tramadol worth N1.4bn to Customs

Aminu Imam

The Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS), Seme Area Command, has received items suspected to be tramadol capsules concealed with packages of jumbo size adult diapers in a 40-feet container from officers of the Republic of Benin. A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Hussain Abdullahi, revealed that the items have a Duty Paid Value, (DPV), of N1,447,297,050. Abdullahi, who quoted the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Bello Jibo, said the container was handed over to the Command by authorities in the Republic of Benin under transit to Nigeria on November, 15.…

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‘War against illicit drugs more dangerous than insurgency, banditry’ — Buhari

Aminu Imam

…10.6m Nigerians actively abusing cannabis – Marwa President Muhammadu Buhari has noted that the war against illicit drugs is more dangerous than the war against insurgency, banditry and kidnapping ravaging parts of the country and has therefore called for concerted effort to deal with the menace.  He made the declaration Saturday at the presidential villa, Abuja while launching the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA), a programme initiated by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in commemoration of the United Nations International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Drug Trafficking…

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