LAGOS AUGUST 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nasarawa State Police command has arrested one Mrs Hauwa Sani of Doro village, Katsina state, for allegedly being in illegal possession of 124 rounds of anti-aircraft ammunition. A statement by the State Police Public Relations Officer Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramhan Nansel says the suspect was arrested alongside a two-year-old child…
LAGOS AUGUST 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian soldier, Sergeant Saad Adamu with service number 05NA/56/385 has been arrested for alleged possession of illegal ammunition in Borno State, SaharaReporters can report. Adamu was reportedly found with 485 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition and 2 magazines concealed in cartons of dry fish. According to a military signal seen by…
LAGOS JULT 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Spain-based ‘businessman,’ 50-year-old Francis Akajiobi, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the departure hall of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Parcels of cocaine weighing 1.20 kilogramme were discovered in Akajiobi’s pair of sandals while attempting to board his Royal…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service said its operatives intercepted nine containers carrying offensive items including arms, ammunition, Illicit drugs and second-hand clothes worth N13.9 billion. The Comptroller-General, NCS, Adewale Adeniyi disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists in Onne Port, Rivers State. Adeniyi said one of the containers which originated from Turkey, based…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted consignments of skunk concealed in tins of tomato paste and methamphetamine hidden in used clothes, meant for export to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates. While the skunk in tomato pastes consignment weighing 20.00 kilograms was intercepted on Friday 8th September at…
LAGOS JANUARY 18TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Illicit drug suspected to be Cannabis indica (Colorado), imported through the Tin Can seaport, has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), New Nigerian Newspapers has learnt. The substance, made of 94 parcels, was said to have weighed 43. 4kg. The agency, while confirming the report in…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Lagos, on Monday apprehended Ukaegbu Bright Onyekachi with 3.30 kilograms of illicit drug. He was arrested during the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian airline at the E arrival hall of the MMIA. According to the Commander, MMIA…