Tag: NDLEA

NDLEA smashes online drug trafficking cartel, arrests 5 in Abuja

Aminu Imam

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), at the weekend busted an online drug trafficking cartel that sells drugged cookies, cakes, brownies and all sorts of illicit substances to residents of Abuja and beyond, using the cyberspace as its platform. As a result, five members of the organised drug criminal group were arrested during sting operations carried out between Friday and Saturday by officers of the FCT Command of the agency during which different brands of illicit drugs were recovered from them. A statement issued by the NDLEA’s…

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NDLEA arrests undergraduate, boyfriend selling drug cookies to Abuja school children

Aminu Imam

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have arrested a 300-level university student, Rhoda Agboje and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, both of who specialise in producing and selling drug cookies to school children and other unsuspecting members of the public in Abuja. Narcotics agents with the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Command of the NDLEA have also launched a manhunt for another member of the syndicate involved in producing the cookies with Arizona, a highly psychoactive variant of cannabis; alcohol and Rohypnol among other ingredients. Their lid was blown…

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2 drug traffickers excrete 191 wraps of cocaine, heroin at Lagos airport

Aminu Imam

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has arrested two drug traffickers at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, after the suspects excreted 191 wraps of cocaine and heroin. This was made known In a statement issued yesterday by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi. According to Babafemi, one Chukwudi Destiny was apprehended on Saturday, during the outward screening of passengers on Ethiopian airline to Italy, adding that the NDLEA operatives referred him for scanning and the scan result proved positive for drug ingestion. Consequently, he was…

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NDLEA storms drug cartel in Nasarawa, Edo, FCT

Aminu Imam

…Nabs wanted drug baron, intercepts 1330kg cannabis The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has arrested a wanted drug baron, Sami Ashoko, in Nasarawa State and seized 100 bags of illicit drug weighing 1,095.3 kilogrammes meant for Easter sales at his warehouse. Ashoko, 39, who hails from Ibilo in the Akoko-Edo area of Edo State, was arrested in Shinge, Lafia, in Nasarawa State, based on actionable intelligence. According to the Commander, Nasarawa State Command of the NDLEA, Justice Arinze, “Sami Ashoko is the most wanted drug baron, who has been…

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‘Every Nigerian to undergo drug test’ – NDLEA boss, Marwa

Aminu Imam

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, has said that the current push to conduct a drug test on politicians, workers and students, is to enable the organisation to provide urgent help to those who need treatment and rehabilitation, in addition to serving as deterrence. Marwa spoke during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)  with a firm, Primly Services Limited, for the supply of free drug test kits to NDLEA in Abuja, on Thursday. Explaining the rationale behind the push for a drug test, he…

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Every Nigerian to undergo drug test – NDLEA boss, Marwa

Aminu Imam

The Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, has said that the current push to conduct a drug test on politicians, workers and students, is to enable the organisation provide urgent help to those who need treatment and rehabilitation, in addition to serving as deterrence. Marwa spoke during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a firm, Primly Services Limited (PSL) for the supply of free drug test kits to NDLEA in Abuja, on Thursday. Explaining the rationale behind the push for a drug test, he…

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NDLEA: Marwa, top officials undergo drug integrity test

Aminu Imam

…As agency intercepts N2bn worth of drugs at Lagos airport The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, along with Directors, men and officers at the national headquarters of the agency in Abuja yesterday submitted themselves for a surprise drug integrity test. According to the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a press statement issued yesterday, officials were taken unawares when upon resumption, the gates to the NDLEA headquarters office were ordered shut and everyone asked to gather in batches at the conference hall where…

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Chadian lady arrested at Abuja airport with heroin in her private part

Aminu Imam

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), has arrested a Chadian lady, Vivien Tarmadji, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, while trying to board an Ethiopian airline flight 911 en route Addis Ababa-Italy with 234.35 grams of heroin concealed in her private part. Tarmadji, who runs a saloon business in Italy since 2016 upon her relocation to the country via Libya, was nabbed by vigilant narcotics agents during an outward clearance of the airline at the boarding gate after being scanned. A statement by the Spokesperson of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi,…

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Nigerians to get NDLEA drug-free certificates before marriage – Marwa

Aminu Imam

The chairman of Nigerian drugs enforcement office, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), Buba Marwa, has said young Nigerians would soon be required to certify themselves free from illicit drugs before they could get married. The NDLEA boss, who made the disclosure on Thursday in Ado-Ekiti, at a colloquium  organised by the Ekiti State’s Ministry of Justice, said parents will be asked to list drug-free documents as part of requirements for approving their children’s marriage. He described the menace of drug use in the country as “worrisome’’. He called…

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‘Drug abuse rate higher in southern Nigeria’ – NDLEA

Aminu Imam

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), said the South-West region has the highest rate of drug use in Nigeria. The Chairman, Buba Marwa, disclosed this yesterday, during the inauguration of a Behavioural Action Care Foundation Centre in Ogbomoso, Osun State. The chairman said the prevalence in Oyo State is 23 percent, while Kano State has a prevalence of 16 percent. “The South-West has the worst prevalence. The prevalence is 22.4 percent. In other Southern regions, the prevalence in South-South is 16.6 percent and South-East 14.8 percent. He further said,…

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