LAGOS JUNE 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Brazilian returnee, Igwedum Uche Benson has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos with pellets of cocaine concealed in his private part. NDLEA said Igwedum was nabbed at the Lagos airport on Monday 20th…
LAGOS MAY 301ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Wanted drug kingpin behind the 2000.6kg Cannabis Sativa seized in a concrete mixer truck in Adamawa State on 2nd December 2021, Henry Chukwuneku Okamaru (a.k.a. Lawrence Ik Okamaru) has been arrested in Ondo state after five months of manhunt by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Two suspects: Matthew…
LAGOS MARCH 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A federal high court in Abuja has ordered that Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), be remanded at a correctional centre pending the conclusion of his trial. Kyari who has been in the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) since February 12 was arraigned on March 7…
LAGOS MARCH 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Two civilians – Chibunna Patrick Umeibe and Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne – arraigned along with suspended DCP Abba Kyari and four other policemen, pleaded guilty to unlawfully importing and possessing 21.35kilogrammes of cocaine. While Umeibe and Ezenwanne pleaded guilty, Kyari, ACP Sunday J. Ubua, ASP Bawa James, Inspector Simon Agirgba, Inspector John Nuhu…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A businesswoman heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Umrah (Lesser Hajj) has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja for ingesting 80 pellets of cocaine The 46-year-old Mrs Adisa Afusat Olayinka who lives in Ibafo, Ogun state hails from…
LAGOS OCTOBER 27TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian pilot, Jibril Adamu, 58, and his counterpart from the United States of America, Jean-Claude Okongo Landji, 58, are awaiting sentencing after a US jury returned guilty verdicts against them on Monday for conspiring to traffic cocaine to West Africa. The pilots were charged for using a private jet to traffic…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian, Okey Eze, who claims to be a tiler by profession has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with 350 wraps of cocaine worth over N2.3billion in street value. The 38-year-old Eze, from Orji River, in Oji-River Local…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 22-year-old youth corps member, Arnold Maniru has been arrested in Abuja for importing 4 kilograms of drugged candies from the United Kingdom just as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted in Lagos cookies laced with drugs going to United Arab Emirate. The youth corps member serving…