[responsivevoice] The clampdown on drug traffickers by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) Edo State Command, has recorded huge success with the arrest of 262 suspected drug traffickers and seizure of 15,253.82kg of narcotics including cannabis, cocaine, heroin and tramadol in the out-gone year, 2020. This comprises 180 males, and 82 females.Speaking on the…
Ex-Legislator, Drug Baron Convicted
Missa Bobbo, a former member of Adamawa State House of Assembly and delegate to the national constitutional conference, 1995, has been sentenced to seven-years imprisonment for unlawful possession of illicit drugs. Bobbo was convicted along with one Bappa Madu whom the prosecutors described as a “notorious drug baron.” The former lawmaker was convicted for possessing…
2 Nabbed With 132 Wraps Of Cocaine
Otaka Patrick Kalu, 48, a trader and David Ikechukwu, 32, an apprentice, have been apprehended with 132 or 2.7kilograms wraps of cocaine by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The suspects were caught at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano State on their way back from Kenya after testing positive for…
Court Orders NDLEA To Vacate Kashamu’s Residence
Justice Ibrahim Buba has ordered the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, officials to vacate the residence of Buruji Kashamu, the senator-elect for Ogun East Senatorial District, in Lekki, Lagos. Giving the order on Tuesday, Buba said the status quo be maintained. The NDLEA, whose operatives had laid siege on Kashamu’s residence in Lagos since…
NDLEA Counsels 21,640 Persons On Drug Addiction
At least 21,640 persons nationwide have received anti-drug abuse/trafficking sensitisation counselling by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. This was done through the agency’s offline counselling services nationwide between 2010 and 2014, Ahmadu Giade, NDLEA Chairman said in a statement. Giade also disclosed that the agency has launched online counselling services to complement existing…
NDLEA Impounds 810.1kg of Cannabis in Lagos
Officers of the Lagos State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have impounded compressed dried weeds that tested positive for cannabis sativa weighing 810.1kilogrammes. The seizures were made during raid operation conducted within the metropolis. The first consignment of the drug weighing 658.8 kilogrammes believed to have been imported from Ghana was…
NDLEA Apprehends Man With Narcotics Worth N120 Million
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have apprehended Okonkwo Isaac Ekemezie, 51, for allegedly attempting to smuggle 36.850kg of narcotic drugs to South Africa. The consignment was intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja during the outward screening of an Ethiopian Airline flight. The substances valued at N120 million were…
NDLEA Arrest Drug Courier in Abuja
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a Nigerian drug courier with 15.850kg of cocaine worth N126 million at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja on Thursday. Ilo Chidera Alex, 27, was apprehended following the discovery of the drugs inside his luggage at the Abuja Airport while returning from Brazil. The drug suspect,…
Tackling Airport ‘Rats’
Sometime in 2009, while on a visit to the United States, US, for a journalism programme, I had a discussion with an African American called Mark. As we got talking, I asked whether he had visited Nigeria. He smiled and said no, but that he didn’t look forward to visiting. “Why?” I asked. With a…
NDLEA Arrests Man with 1.535kg Drugs
Men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA have arrested Darlugar Ufondu Steven, a 38-year-old man, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, for attempting to smuggle drugs to South Africa. The suspect was arrested during the outward screening of Arik Air passengers to South Africa when the anti-drug agency discovered the drug,…
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