NDLEA
NDLEA Nabs 70-Year-Old Grandfather, Seizes Large Quantities of Drugs Worth Over N2.1 Billion
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made several significant arrests and seizures in its efforts to combat drug trafficking in the country. According to a statement signed by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, operatives of the agency have arrested several suspects and seized large quantities of drugs. In one […]
Ex-Police Commander Abba Kyari Granted Bail for Mother’s Burial
Former Commander of the Force Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, was granted a two-week bail on Tuesday to attend the burial rites of his mother, Yachilla Kyari, who passed away on May 5, 2024. Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja approved the bail on compassionate grounds following a request from Kyari’s […]
Convicted drug baron laundered N400m using illicit trade –NDLEA official
An official of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Uduo Achu, on Wednesday, narrated to the Federal High Court in Lagos how a convicted drug baron, Steve Adigwe, also known as Isioma Obobo, received huge sums of money from the illicit trade and laundered the same. Achu said that the convict attempted to disguise the […]
Two notorious drug Kingpins sentence to life imprisonment
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the sentencing of two notorious drug kingpins, Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian and Agbo Chidike Prince, to life imprisonment, marking the end of their extensive cocaine trafficking operations across continents. Uwaezuoke’s journey to lifetime incarceration began with his arrest on March 19, 2022, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International […]
NDLEA intercepts 7.5m tramadol pills, codeine bottles
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has thwarted attempts by transnational drug traffickers to flood Nigerian communities with large quantities of assorted illicit drugs during the yuletide season. The NDLEA operatives frustrated the attempt and intercepted millions of tramadol 225mg pills, thousands of codeine syrup bottles, and bags of Canadian Loud in consignments arriving in […]