LAGOS JULY 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-19-year-old student identified as Benjamin Nnamani Daberechi has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for attempting to export 7.2 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in crayfish to Europe where he was going for undergraduate studies. It was learnt that the Daberechi who was on his way…
LAGOS JULY 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 64-year-old man has been arrested in southern Russia for the shooting death of a former submarine commander who is alleged by some in Ukraine to have killed more than 20 civilians in a long-range missile strike last year. Sergei Denisenko was detained on suspicion of shooting former 2nd Capt. Stanislav Rzhitsky,…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The council chairman of the Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Mr Emmanuel Ajah, has confirmed the arrest of eight kidnappers who killed a staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Emmanuel Igwe, along Ishiagu-Mpu road last Sunday. Recall that the suspected kidnappers abducted the wife of the victim and…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 32-year-old man was arrested in Piet Retief , South Africa on Thursday, June 15, after allegedly shooting and killing five members of his family. The victims include a grandmother, three children, and a 22-year-old woman. The incident occurred at around 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. According to reports, a family member returned…
LAGOS JUNE 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Detectives assigned to the Narcotics Division charged a female flight attendant for breaches of the Dangerous Drugs Act (DDA) on Saturday, June 10. Forty-seven-year-old Michelle Virgo who is a dual citizen in Jamaica and the United States (US) was charged with possession of cocaine, dealing in cocaine, attempting to export cocaine, and…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police in Zone 2 Command Onikan, Lagos, have arrested an alleged fake woman customs officer, Rakiya Musa for allegedly swindling unsuspecting members of the public. The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO), SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday. Idris-Adamu said that the Assistant Inspector General of Police…
LAGOS JUNE 12TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An American musician who has lived in Russia for more than a decade has been arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking, Russian news media reported Saturday. The reports said Michael Travis Leake is suspected of selling mephedrone, whose effects are similar to those of cocaine and MDMA. A Moscow court ordered him…
LAGOS JUNE 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-An Israeli woman was caught trying to smuggle a total of 70 different reptiles into the country, including one of the most dangerous anaconda species in the world, the Israel Police said in a statement Thursday. The woman, identified as a Ramat Gan resident in her 30s, was stopped and arrested…