LAGOS JULY 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-According to a report by Euronews on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, authorities in Russia have intercepted a cat allegedly being used to smuggle illegal drugs into a penal colony in the country’s Nizhny Novgorod region, in what officials described as an unusual attempt to deliver contraband to inmates. The incident occurred…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau has indicted an Air Peace pilot and a Co-pilot for taking hard drugs and alcohol. The accident investigators tested the crew positive for the substances after the aircraft they flew was involved in a runway excursion at the Port Harcourt International Airport on July 13, 2025. This…
LAGOS AUGUST 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of cocaine and tramadol 225mg concealed in 71 vehicle side mirrors being sent to Libreville, Gabon through the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos, with not less than three suspects linked to the cargo…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Murtala Muhammed Airport Command (MMAC) in Lagos State has intercepted hard drugs, military and police hardwares. The consignment were discovered at the cargo section, Skyway Aviation Handling Company (SAHCO), of the domestic wing. Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Sambo Dangaladima announced the interception at a media briefing on…
LAGOS DECEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-House of Representatives, Wednesday, demanded a total ban of police officers from consuming alcohol and other hard substances capable of inhibiting their sense of reasoning and capability to carry out their duties judiciously. The resolution came on the heels of the death of Mrs Bolanle Raheem who was recently shot dead by…
LAGOS JULY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Spanish police said Monday they had seized three underwater drones capable of transporting large quantities of drugs from Morocco to Spain and broken up a gang suspected of manufacturing them. Officers seized three so-called “drone submarines” which were under construction and arrested eight people in Spain, a police statement said. “The three…
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 OCTOBER 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-In a major seizure, police in Goa, western India on Tuesday arrested a Nigerian Ifeanyi Pascal Obi, a.k.a Alex and confiscated drugs worth about Rs 3 crore(about $400,000) from him, local media reported on Wednesday. Tuesday’s haul was a massive one considering that the value of the seized drugs was the same…
