LAGOS DECEMBER 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A Nigerian, Kingsley Adendu Elechi, who had spent the last 13 years in Brazil, flew into the country on Monday to prepare for his wedding scheduled for January. But he will no longer be able to prepare or even attend the wedding, as he was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport. Elechi,…
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…
LAGOS MAY 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-A clandestine laboratory for the production of Hashish Oil, a derivative from Cannabis sativa has been dismantled by the Serious Enforcement Team of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The laboratory was located in an apartment on No. 7, Imam Augusto Close, Victoria Island-Lagos. In the course of the operation code-named Hash-Caste,…
LAGOS MARCH 5TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Bauchi State Command has intercepted 1, 360 rounds of live ammunition of 7.6mm caliber during a motorized patrol along Bauchi-Jos Road. The ammunition was being conveyed to Jos, Plateau State by a commercial Vectra Car which carried seven passengers. One AK 47 magazine was also found…
LAGOS JANUARY 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Customs operatives of the Federal Operations Unit have intercepted 140kg of Indian hemp concealed in two bales of second hand clothing along Abuja-Jos road. The Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit, Zone D, Bauchi, Peters Olugboyega, while handing over the packages to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Plateau State said the…
LAGOS DECEMBER 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The management of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has appealed for calm among candidates who are undergoing the aptitude test for its recruitment exercise nationwide. The Agency stated that it is happy with the successful completion of the aptitude test in all the Centers except Abuja where impatience and unruly…
LAGOS DECEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has recorded another major Cannabis haul in its Operation Thunder Strike IV, launched to rid the forests in Ondo and Edo States of Cannabis warehouses. The Agency on Wednesday intercepted and burnt down 181.2 tons of the illicit drug crop concealed in warehouses in Ala Forest…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The combined troops of 4 Brigade and 32 Artillery Brigade Nigerian Army, Exercise Crocodile Smile IV have recovered eight dane guns and 725 bags of substance suspected to be cannabis. The operation was in a joint operation with personnel of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). This was contained in a statement…