LAGOS AUGUST 13TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Ecuadorian authorities seized a half-ton of cocaine hidden in a truck near the border with Colombia whose packages were marked with the names of soccer stars Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi. The Attorney General’s Office said agents found 370 blocks of cocaine inside a modified compartment of the vehicle in Tulcán, in…
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 JULY 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives on Wednesday, July 23 intercepted a suspect along Epe – Ajah expressway, Lagos State while taking consignments of 21.7kg Colorado. Some of the drugs were packaged in moimoi cooking sachets. The anti-drug agency equally arrested a Chinese businessman and an 80-year-old grandma, for drug…
LAGOS APRIL 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a shipment of cocaine concealed in twenty sets of religious books bound for Saudi Arabia. According to the Director, Media and Advocacy at NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said the cocaine consignment consisted of twenty parcels with a total weight of 500 grams…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), yesterday, announced the seizure of 49.7 kilogrammes of heroine at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the NDLEA, Brig-Gen. Buba Marwa, who made the disclosure at a media briefing in Lagos, yesterday, described the development as the single largest…
LAGOS JANUARY 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted 1,274 parcels of cocaine, other illicit drugs, and arms in Lagos State. This is according to a Sunday statement by NDLEA’s spokesman Femi Babafemi. “Operatives of different special units of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted large consignments…
LAGOS JANUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Over a ton of cocaine worth $32 million seized by US Coast Guard near Florida The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell seized over a ton of cocaine with an estimated street value of more than $32.2 million dollars on Tuesday, according to authorities. The two separate seizures, which…
LAGOS OCTOBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Saturday said that it had intercepted 105 wild birds being smuggled through Seme-Badagry Expressway. The Controller of the Command, Comptroller Timi Bomodi, in a statement, said that the Duty Paid Value (DPV) of the birds was worth N24,912,928. Bomodi said officers of…
