LAGOS DECEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-NDLEA has arrested a Ghanaian and two Nigerians at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, (NAIA), Abuja, and at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, respectively for drug trafficking. Its Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday in Abuja that of 9.953kilograms of cocaine and Methamphetamine were intercepted from the…
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 NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the weekend seized 12,385 kilograms of Loud Cannabis, a strong variant of the illicit weed imported from a neighbouring country and smuggled into Lagos through the waterways. Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi in a statement sighted by NewsRangers…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 70-year-old woman, Mrs. Beatrice Aigbedion was among those arrested with 5,000 kg of assorted illicit drugs in Edo State. Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi in a statement said, at the point of her arrest in Irrua, Edo State last Wednesday, 70-year-old Mrs. Aigbedion was caught with…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 29TH (NEWSRANGERS)The Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 election, Mr. Peter Obi, has called on the Federal Government, especially the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to re-strategise on how to arrest the present menace of hard drugs in Nigeria, which, according to him, “is evidently ruining many…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa on Thursday said that over three million kilograms of drugs have been intercepted and seized by the agency. Marwa said this during the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) 2021 Annual Lecture and Award Ceremony with topic: “Proliferation…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 13TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has said that it is holding 12 dockworkers at the Apapa seaport in Lagos because of their significant links to the importation of 32.9 kilograms of cocaine worth over N9.5 billion in street value. A Federal High Court in Lagos had granted an application by…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 1ST (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court in Lagos granted an order of interim forfeiture of a vessel, MV Chayaneenre, allegedly used to smuggle 32.9 kilograms of Cocaine into the country, to the federal government. Justice Awogboro also granted leave to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to detain the…