Tag: National Drug Law Enforcement Agency

Insecurity: U.S. supports NDLEA with forensic, intelligence-gathering, prosecution tools

Aminu Imam

The United States (US) government has announced a project to strengthen the forensic and chemical analysis capacity of the NDLEA as well as its intelligence-gathering and prosecution capabilities. NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi stated this yesterday, in Abuja. The spokesman added that the support was from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, but clarified that it came on the heels of an award of N500 million grant received by the Agency from the ‘AbdulSamad Rabiu Initiative’ to fund selected projects. He explained that the…

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NDLEA destroys cocaine worth N195bn seized in Lagos warehouse

Aminu Imam

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), yesterday destroyed the 1.8 tons of cocaine seized in a Lagos warehouse on September 18. In an issued statement issued yesterday, the chairman of the agency, Mohammed Buba Marwa, said the Federal High Court in Lagos ordered the burning of the seized drugs. Recall that the 1.8 tons of cocaine worth N194 billion were seized at a warehouse in Ikorodu, described by the NDLEA as the ‘biggest singular cocaine seizure in the history of Nigeria’s premier anti-narcotic agency’. The NDLEA chairman said that…

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NDLEA uncovers cocaine warehouse, seizes N194bn worth of crack in Lagos

Aminu Imam

…Presumed biggest in agency’s history In what appears to be the biggest singular drugs seizure in the history of Nigeria’s premier anti-narcotic agency, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have busted a major warehouse in a secluded estate in Ikorodu area of Lagos State. This was made known in an issued statement by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, yesterday. According to Babafemi, 1.8 tons (1,855 kilogrammes) of the illicit drug worth more than $278,250,000, which is about N194.775 billion in street value, were seized.…

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Drug trafficking: NDLEA intercepts N4.5bn heroin concealed in baby food

Aminu Imam

…As ex-BRT driver excretes 90 pellets of cocaine Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have intercepted 22 blocks of heroin weighing 23.55 kilogrammes concealed in packs of Nestle Cerelac baby food at the Lagos Airport. The consignment, with a street value of over N4.5 billion, came from Johannesburg, South Africa, on board a South African Airways flight last Wednesday, as part of a consolidated cargo that arrived at the SAHCO import shed of the Lagos airport. After a series of follow-up operations that led to the arrest…

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NDLEA intercepts counterfeit $4.7m cash in Abuja
…Arrests nursing mum 3 weeks after bail on same drug offence

Aminu Imam

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled an attempt by a syndicate to steal at least N2.7 billion from the Nigerian economy by pushing into circulation fake $4.7 million cash. According to an issued statement by the NDLEA’sDirector, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, “the operatives had in the early hours of Friday 18th February 2022 intercepted a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja, at Abaji area of the Federal Capital Territory. “A controlled delivery of the parcelled counterfeit l dollars totalling $4, 760, 000.00 led to…

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NDLEA seizes fresh consignments of cocaine, heroin worth N4.9bn in Lagos

Aminu Imam

Fresh consignments of cocaine and heroin with a combined weight of 16.85 kilograms worth over N4.9 billion in street value have been seized at the Apapa seaport and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, both in Lagos, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA). According to reports, four persons are currently being investigated for the 13.65kg cocaine seized on board a ship, MV Karteria, which came into the Apapa Port from Santos, Brazil on Sunday 7th November, barely three weeks after 32.9kg of cocaine was intercepted at the port…

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NDLEA arrests local gun manufacturer with G3 rifle, 78 rounds of live ammunition in Benue

Aminu Imam

The Benue State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has arrested a man with a fabricated high calibre G3 rifle and 78 rounds of live ammunition. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, Chairman, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), said the suspect was arrested on August 4, in a bus en route Jos from Onitsha, after the vehicle was flagged down at Aliade checkpoint for search. According to him, the checkpoint was to stop and search vehicles for drugs; however, he noted that the…

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NDLEA nabs Hijab-wearing woman parading multiple fake name with 465kg illicit drugs

Aminu Imam

A 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, who allegedly uses multiple identities and wears a hijab to evade security scrutiny, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), in Benue State. She was arrested along with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 from Onitsha, Anambra state to Gombe State. According to an issued statement by NDLEA‘s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, Chioma, who uses multiple names such as Amina, Uzoamaka and Ifunaya to cover her criminal…

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Hijab-wearing lady parading fake name caught with 465kg illicit drugs

Aminu Imam

A 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, who allegedly uses multiple identities and wears a hijab to evade security scrutiny, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), in Benue State. She was arrested along with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 from Onitsha, Anambra state to Gombe State. Picture caption: Suspected drug trafficker, Chioma, with multiple identities for carrying drugs According to an issued statement by NDLEA‘s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, Chioma, who uses…

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NDLEA mandates drug test for couples before wedding

Aminu Imam

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has mandated couples to undergo a drug test before having their weddings. The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa, also urged parents to ensure that their sons or daughter-in-law passed through a drug test before allowing the wedding to hold. Marwa, who stated this at a meeting with critical stakeholders in Lokoja, Kogi State, lamented that drug abuse has led to majorly the causes of insecurity in the country, adding that just like churches insisted on HIV/AIDS test for…

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