Late Mujahid Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) launched a raid on a notorious drug hideout known as Ama Hausa in Bonny Island, Rivers state, where six suspects were arrested and a significant cache of illicit substances, including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, skunk, and tramadol was recovered. This was disclosed in a statement…
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Maj-Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd), on Monday said terrorists and kidnappers now live in cannabis-growing communities. Marwa said this in Akure during a courtesy visit to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State ahead of the Alternative Development Project campaign targeted at engaging…
Commander Ofoyeju The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) apprehended 462 suspected drug traffickers, seized 207 595.54kg of illicit drugs in the year 2025. The State Commander of the Anti Narcotics Agency, Commander of Narcotics Mitchell Ofoyeju, gave the statistics while addressing journalists in Benin City, the Edo State capital,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has obtained an order of the Federal High Court in Lagos authorising the detention of a merchant vessel, its captain and 20 other crew members following the seizure of 25.5 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Apapa seaport. A statement by the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is working with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the United Kingdom National Crime Agency (NCA) to unravel the cartel behind the importation of 1,000 kilogrammes of cocaine recovered from a container at the PTML Terminal of Tincan Island Port in Lagos. A statement on Tuesday…
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (rtd) has said the challenge of drug scourge in the country still remains monumental and as such there is need for more work to be done. Marwa disclosed that 45,853 arrests were made, 8.5 million kilogrammes of drugs seized, and…
A 75-year-old grandpa, a 60-year-old grandma, a mother of two and others were arrested as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) uncovered 70 parcels of cocaine concealed within cocoa butter body cream containers destined for London, United Kingdom, as part of a coordinated anti-narcotics operation across several Nigerian states. The Director of…
Pretty Mike The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Lagos socialite and nightclub owner, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, popularly known as Pretty Mike, alongside former Big Brother Naija Housemate, Tuoyo Ideh, with more than 100 guests during a midnight raid of Proxy Nightclub, Victoria Island, Lagos. The agency, in a statement signed by…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted consignments of illicit drugs concealed in frozen snails, electrical bulbs, and female clothes bound for the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. According to a statement released on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the interceptions were made at…
Gang of traffickers operating at Aminu Inter’l Airport The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has facilitated the release in Saudi Arabian of three Nigerians allegedly framed by drug traffickers operating at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport. The three Nigerians who have been in detention for over a month in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia include…
