By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter THE NATIONAL Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of Nigeria has signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the General Directorate of Narcotics Control (GDNC) of Saudi Arabia, cementing a cross-border alliance to disrupt international drug trafficking operations between the two nations. Th...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter OPERATIVES OF the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a 42-year-old Indian woman, Ms. Neetu Neetu, at Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, with 72 parcels of heroin disguised as chocolate wafer wraps. The illicit consignment, weighing 11 kilograms, was disc...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ATTEMPTS BY international drug trafficking syndicates to smuggle illicit substances hidden in prayer beads, clothing, and board game packs to destinations including the United States of America (USA), Saudi Arabia, Italy, Poland, and the United Arab Emirates have been thwarted by operatives of the N...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter MAJOR DRUG traffickers moving illicit substances across Nigerian borders have been dismantled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Four members of the cartel were arrested in separate intelligence-led operations, with a significant haul of opioids and other narcotics seized...
By Faith Saleh, JKNewsMedia Intern CALLS FOR stricter penalties on drug traffickers have intensified, with concerns growing over the devastating impact of fake and substandard medicines. The Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has reiterated her stance on the n...
By Olaide Ajibola, JKNewsMedia Reporter MASSIVE DRUD interceptions in Abuja have exposed the scale of illicit trafficking in Nigeria’s capital, with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seizing narcotics worth N815.8 million between January and December 2024. The crackdown resulted in multiple arrests and ongoing pro...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ─ NDLEA Intercepts 2,000kg Skunk from Ghana at Lagos Beach A DANGEROUS drug trafficking operation nearly turned fatal for a 59-year-old businessman, Chijioke Nnanna Igbokwe, after he ingested 81 wraps of cocaine in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. After seven days of carrying the illicit substance in his stom...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter ILLICIT DRUGS hidden in a duvet and destined for the United Kingdom (UK) were on Saturday intercepted at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) discovered six parcels of synthetic cannabis, Loud, weighing 3.50kg during routi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter EFFORTS TO traffic cocaine and other illicit drugs through Nigeria’s airports and highways have suffered major blows, as the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepts multiple consignments in a sweeping crackdown. A 200-level nursing student of Noida International University, Est...
A FEDERAL High Court in Lagos has sentenced four drug barons to a combined 28 years of imprisonment with hard labour for their roles in the seizure of 2,139.55 kilograms of cocaine. This has been described as the largest single haul in Nigeria’s history. The court, presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro, also ordered the […]
