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…
LAGOS DECEMBER 16TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigerian singer and producer, Dede Mabiaku has shared insight on the death of veteran Afro-music singer Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Sharing his version, he hinted that Fela did not die of AIDS, but was injected with a substance that eventually killed him when he was held at the NDLEA. According to reports, on the…
LAGOS NOVEMBER 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A 77-year-old visually-impaired man, Kareem Adebayo, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun State, for alleged possession of a substance believed to be Indian hemp. Adebayo appeared before Magistrate Risikat Olayemi on two counts bordering on possession of Indian hemp. The accused, it was learnt was caught…
LAGOS OCTOBER 22ND (NEWSRANGERS)-Two Brazilian based Nigerians, Ibeh Augustine Chukwuma and Udeagwu Emmanuel Ugwuchukwuat were both arrested at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with a total of eight kilogram. While Ibeh Augustine Chukwuma was arrested with eight kilogram of cocaine, Udeagwu Emmanuel Ugwuchukwuat was nabbed with 3.1 kilogram of cocaine. Statement made available to NewsRangers…
