By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent A SEVEN-year manhunt has ended with the arrest of 60-year-old drug baron Okpara Paul Chigozie as Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agency intensified its crackdown on syndicates smuggling hard drugs across the country and abroad. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives stormed his hi...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter HEADINNG FOR Iran through Port Harcourt, a businessman has been arrested after ingesting 53 wraps of cocaine by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The agency also uncovered major drug trafficking operations across airports, seaports, and border regions within Nigeria...
By Ajibola Olaide, JKNewsMedia Reporter PLOTS TO smuggle large consignments of illicit drugs into and out of Nigeria have been intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), leading to multiple arrests, including that of a 24-year-old Thai woman caught with Canadian Loud at Lagos airport. Operatives at Murtala Muhammed Inter...
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 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...
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 […]
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter MULTI-BILLION-naira shipments of Methamphetamine and Loud, a potent synthetic strain of cannabis, destined for distribution during the Christmas and New Year festivities, have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Tincan Seaport, Lagos. The seizure,...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter DRUG TRAFICKING syndicates operating across Nigeria and Cameroon suffered a major blow as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) dismantled their networks, seizing cocaine and opioids worth billions of naira. NDLEA arrested six prominent figures tied to cartels supplying psych...
By Joke Kujenya A LARGE-scale cocaine smuggling attempt by an international drug syndicate operating between Brazil, Ethiopia, and Nigeria was intercepted at Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA). The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) recovered 845 wraps of cocaine, totaling 18.72 kilograms, with a street value ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter DRUG SMUGGLING operations involving various narcotics were intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) during several coordinated raids across Nigeria. The Agency successfully blocked the export of heroin, cannabis, and other narcotics hidden in everyday items like LED lamps and f...
