LAGOS OCTOBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The police in Dubai have seized 500 kilograms of pure cocaine worth more than $136 million, about N55 billion. The drugs, the largest ever seized in the region, were stashed inside a cargo container, shipped to Dubai. The seizure followed a drugs raid, in which one person of Middle-Eastern origins was arrested….
LAGOS JULY 9TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A driver using a Dangote Sugar Refinery truck to allegedly smuggle rice has been arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said on Tuesday. The Abuja commandant of the NCS, Hussein Ejibunu, said on Tuesday that two accomplices were arrested alongside the driver at Suleja, Niger State. He said the truck was…
LAGOS JULY 1ST (NEWSRANGERS) – The operatives of Seme Command of Nigeria Customs Service have intercepted 3,186 parcels of Cannabis sativa valued at N91,488,977 being conveyed in a sand tipper along Seme Badagry Expressway. Mr Abdulahi Hussiain, the Customs Public Relations Officer, Seme Command, in a statement on Wednesday, said the tipper was intercepted in…
Chinese customs officers have made the world’s biggest seizure of human organs in history this morning, a total of 7221 penises of African origin hidden in a refrigerated freight container. Acting on information from an anonymous informer, Chinese officers found the organs in 36 boxes labelled as plantains (cooking bananas) inside a refrigerated container on…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has continued its offensive action against drug barons and cartels in Nigeria with the latest seizure of 40 parcels of cocaine weighing 43.11kilogram (100.05pds), with an estimated street value of over N32 billion. The consignment containing the illicit drug was put under surveillance by operatives of…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made huge seizures of cocaine and heroin, with street values worth over N30 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. This comes barely a week after the new Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Brig Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa, vowed to dismantle drug…
LAGOS JANUARY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Eagle-eyed operatives of a South-Western states formed security outfit, Amotekun have intercepted a truckload of persons of Fulani extraction who claimed to be herdsmen. Sources said the truck marked TUR 30 ZY Kebbi was intercepted by the security of Oyo State Command (Ido Unit) led by Gbenga Olarewaju . When the 25…
LAGOS JUNE 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Kogi State Command have intercepted 3.1 tons of Cannabis sativa along Okene-Lokoja Express Way. The illicit substance was conveyed in a 30T HOWO Truck heading for the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The State Command Patrol Team halted the on-coming truck while an officer…
