By Rachael Martin, JKNewsMedia Reporter National summit seeks coordinated action against illicit drug use and trafficking. . . THE FEDERAL Government has reaffirmed its commitment to preventing illicit drug use, dismantling drug trafficking networks, expanding access to treatment and rehabilitation, and promoting the wellbeing of Nigerians as...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter COCAINE CONCEALD inside plantain peels led to the arrest of a 67-year-old Nigerian British grandmother by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after 13kg of the illicit drug was discovered in her luggage at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. JKNews...
By Kofoworola Fekeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter OPERATIVES OF the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 38-year-old businesswoman, Iwebema Ogechi Peace, after discovering 7.5kg of cocaine concealed in the false bottom of her luggage at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. JKNewsMedia.com reports t...
By Ajibola Olaide, ILLICIT DRUGS allegedly supplied to teenage secondary school students have led to the arrest of two elderly men in Abia State, while operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted consignments linked to China and carried out a series of arrests and seizures across the country. JKNewsMedia.com rep...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter ILLICIT DRUG consignments concealed in water purifier machines shipped from the Netherlands to Lagos have been uncovered by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), while officers also intercepted military grade ammunition in Kaduna and arrested suspected drug traffickers in se...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter LARGE CONSIGNMENTS of illicit drugs intercepted at airports and border communities across Nigeria led to multiple arrests and seizures by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), including the arrest of a 63-year-old Chinese woman at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (...
By Kofoworola Fakeye, JKNewsMedia Reporter Illegal drug trafficking came under renewed scrutiny after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu congratulated the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and its staff for busting a Nigerian Mexican drug syndicate and dismantling what he described as a highly sophisticated multi million dollar illegal dru...
Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent INTERNATIONAL DRUG cartels no longer find Nigeria a permissive ground, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has affirmed, citing arrests, seizures and convictions recorded by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over the past five years. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A NONAGENARIAN, Pa Friday Ahukanna Chigbu, was among the criminals nabbed in a sweeping nationwide crackdown on drug trafficking has led to the arrest of the 93-year-old great grandfather. Arrested alongside him was a 69-year-old medical doctor as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent LARGE QUANTITIES of cocaine concealed in imported dry stock fish heads have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with a key syndicate member arrested in Lagos. JKNewsMedia.com reports that the operation followed intelligence on trans-border crimina...
