Tag: drugs
Senate approves death sentence for drug traffickers
The Senate has approved death sentence as a penalty for trafficking in hard drugs and other substances in Nigeria.
This followed the passage of the...
VIDEO: NDLEA seizes drugs hidden in gas tanker in Abuja
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 4,752kg of cannabis concealed in a gas tanker along the Abuja-Abaji expressway...
NDLEA arrests 5 for drug importation, seizes Loud consignments
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested five members of a drug cartel for allegedly importing illicit drug consignments...
NDLEA seizes Italy-bound drugs hidden in women’s wears at Lagos airport
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a passenger, Yahaya Danjuma Oturah, while attempting to export 4,000 pills of...
NDLEA seizes drugs hidden in noodles packs, nabs suspects
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have foiled an attempt by three suspects to smuggle opioids including codeine, molly, tramadol,...
VIDEO: NDLEA intercepts Qatar-bound drugs hidden in salad, vegetables
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Chidinma Chinenye Agbazue, over an alleged attempt to export...
Lagos police arrest physically-challenged man for drug dealing
The officers of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a physically challenged man (name withheld) for allegedly dealing in drugs.
The command’s spokesperson, SP...
VIDEO: NDLEA intercepts drugs hidden in car compartments
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a consignment of tramadol containing 14,428 pills tucked in the body compartments...
Woman, dispatch rider arrested for selling drug-laced chin-chin to students
A 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu, and a 30-year-old dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, have been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law...
70-year-old man, 3 others arrested for drug trafficking in Borno
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 70-year-old man, Mallam Mai Gemu Adam, and 65-year-old Yamama Musa for...
