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From Wedding to Handcuffs: Portugal-Bound Newlywed Caught Smuggling Cocaine in Stomach

y Omoyeni Ojeifo A 25-year-old newlywed businessman is in NDLEA custody after being caught with 72 wraps of cocaine in his stomach at...

184.5kg Cocaine: KC Luxury, 2 Others Remanded As NDLEA Presses 22-Count Charge

By Omoyeni Ojeifo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday arraigned the trio of Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as KC...

NDLEA Busts Enugu Meth Lab in Major Blow to Transnational Cartel

By Omoyeni Ojeifo The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recorded a significant success in combating transnational organized crime following the dismantling...

Fake Cop’s Drug Run Ends In Arrest, NDLEA Seizes N3.4Bln Drug Haul

By Omoyeni Ojeifo More than 1.3 million pills of tramadol and other opioids and 6,000kg  of cannabis have been taken off the streets...

Abuja Court Hands South African Woman 40-Year Sentence for Heroin Trafficking 

By Omoyeni Ojeifo In a major legal victory against transnational drug cartels, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured a 40-year...

Mega Meth Bust: NDLEA Nabs Mexican Kingpin, Seizes Industrial Scale Lab in Ebonyi

By Omoyeni Ojeifo In a fresh operation exposing the desperation of transnational methamphetamine cartels to infiltrate Nigeria’s forests and rural communities, the National...

Police Sweep Unity Fountain Environs After Viral Video, Arrest 70

By Omoyeni Ojeifo Following a viral video alleging a robbery near Unity Fountain in Maitama, Abuja, the FCT Police Command raided criminal flashpoints...

NDLEA Bust: 32kg of “Colorado”, 785,000 Capsules Intercepted

By Omoyeni Ojeifo In a sweeping crackdown on drug trafficking networks, NDLEA operatives uncovered multiple supply lines stretching from local cannabis farms and...

From Mozambique to Cotonou: NDLEA Captures Fugitive Drug Kingpin

By Omoyeni Ojeifo The two-year flight of a wanted Nigerian drug kingpin has ended in neighbouring Benin Republic, where NDLEA operatives secured his...

Ex-NEXIM Bank MD Orya Loses Appeal Over 490-Year Prison Term

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the conviction and 490-year prison sentence of former NEXIM Bank Managing Director, Robert Orya, over...

From Crime TV Host to Death Row: Egyptian Presenter Sarah Khalifa Convicted in Drug Case

By Persecondnews She built a public profile investigating crime and security on Egyptian television. Now, 39-year-old Sarah Khalifa has been sentenced to death...

Fake Tea Merchant Busted as NDLEA Seizes 2 Tonnes of Cannabis from Fuel Tanker

By Omoyeni Ojeifo In a series of coordinated nationwide operations, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) apprehended a convicted cocaine trafficker operating...

Nigerian-Named Ex-US Immigration Officer, Associate Face Charges Over Alleged Cash-for-Immigration Scheme

By Persecondnews Two men bearing distinctly Nigerian names have been arrested in the United States over an alleged corruption scheme in which a...

NDLEA Orders Investigators To ‘Follow The Money’ Behind Drug Trade

By Omoyeni Ojeifo Nigeria’s fight against drug trafficking is shifting from chasing couriers to hunting the wealth behind the trade, as the NDLEA...

Centenarian Woman Arrested With Cannabis As NDLEA Uncovers First Thailand Maritime Drug Route

By Omoyeni Ojeifo The arrest of a 101-year-old woman for drug dealing has emerged as one of the most remarkable cases in the...

How NDLEA Uncovered N39bln Cocaine Network Behind ‘KC Luxury’

By Omoyeni Ojeifo Communities in Nigeria and beyond have been spared another major supply of cocaine after the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency...