By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter PAGES OF religious books hid parcels of cocaine bound for Saudi Arabia, uncovered by NDLEA operatives during a sweep of export cargo at a Lagos courier facility. The 500-gram consignment, split into 20 parcels, was discovered on 15 April 2025, exposing a bold trafficking attempt and triggering a str...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter GUNMEN OPENED fire on a National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) team during a late-night raid in Abuja, leaving three officers wounded and hospitalised with gunshot injuries. The operation, which took place on Thursday night in the Jahi district of the Federal Capital Territory, targeted an unc...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter A 17-YEAR manhunt for an international drug trafficker came to a dramatic end in Lagos, marking a breakthrough in global anti-narcotics collaboration. This earned the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) high praise from South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) after the arrest of O...
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 Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Reporter STRENGTHENING NIGERIA’s fight against drug trafficking and substance abuse remains a top priority, with new commitments to boost the operational capacity of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) through increased training and logistical support. This assurance came during a high-level mee...
By Joke Kujenya LARGE-SCALE drug trafficking attempt was thwarted at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a 42-year-old Angolan businessman attempting to smuggle cocaine to Turkey. The suspect, identified as Mbala Dajou Abuba from Zaire province...
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...
