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Lagos Airport Drug Bust: Brazil-to-Lagos Traveler Conceals Cocaine in Shoes, Private Parts

Following a successful intelligence-led operation, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 47-year-old Uche Franklin Onyekwere at the Murtala Muhammed Airport,...

Record-Breaking Haul: Brazilian Lady Caught with N3bln Heroin at Abuja Airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has made its largest-ever heroin seizure at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, intercepting 30.09kg of the...

Ghana’s Cybercrime War: 9 Nigerians Arrested for Online Scams

Nine Nigerian nationals are in custody in Ghana for allegedly coordinating cybercrime syndicates from temporary hubs in the capital. Along with the suspects,...

Drug Kingpin “Kanmo-Kanmo” Arrested 12 Years After Brutal Killing of 3 NDLEA Officers

After 12 years on the run, wanted drug lord Lekan “Kanmo-Kanmo” Jimoh has been arrested by the NDLEA. Tactical teams tracked Jimoh to...

NDLEA Nabs 22 Indians in Cocaine Bust, Seizes Illicit Drugs Hidden in Coffee Sachets

In a series of successful counter-narcotics operations, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted shipments of Ketamine, Ecstasy, and Tramadol destined for...

Ex-Convict, 3 Others Caught with UK-Bound Cocaine in Liquid Starch Sachets at Lagos Airport

A convicted drug trafficker, Nwobodo Chidiebere Basil, is back in NDLEA custody after a failed attempt to export 1.50 kg of cocaine to...

23.5kg Cocaine Found in Children’s Room: NDLEA Arrests Female Kingpin

Twenty months after the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) dismantled a multi-billion naira cocaine cartel led by Bolanle and Olayinka Dauda, another...

Court Grants NDLEA Order to Detain Vessel, 21-Crew Member Over 25.5kg Brazil Cocaine Bust

A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) permission to detain a cargo ship and its...

7.6m Tramadol Pills, 76,273kg of Cannabis Seized In NDLEA Raids In 3 States

In a series of intelligence-led operations across the country, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it recovered over 7.6 million pills...

Lagos NDLEA Busts Drug Ring Using Christmas Cookies as Smuggling Ploy

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has achieved another successful counter-narcotics operation by uncovering and dismantling a social media network used to...

Girlfriend Murder: Court Delivers Death Penalty for University Student

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has convicted and sentenced a 400-level Petrochemical Engineering student of the University of Port...

Detention: Ex-Binance Executive Gambaryan Loses Case Against EFCC, NSA

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday dismissed a suit filed by Tigran Gambaryan, the former Head of Financial Crime Compliance at...

NDLEA Takes Custody of Suspect, 108kg of Cannabis Seized by Army in Kogi

The Nigerian Army, through its 12 Brigade, has announced successful results in the campaign against illicit substances, specifically noting the seizure of 108.8...

NDLEA Intensifies War on Drugs Nationwide, Secures Arrests of Nine Notorious Kingpins

In a blistering crackdown on Drug Trafficking Organisations(DTOs) across the country, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it dismantled six syndicates,...

NDLEA Strikes Again: Wanted Drug Baron Caught, Large Drug Cache, Forex Recovered in Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has achieved another successful counter-narcotics operation with the arrest of Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, alias Chisco Bee, a...

Wanted Drug Kingpin Nabbed at Lagos Airport, Secret ‘Colos’ Lab Busted

After months of surveillance, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully arrested 40-year-old Yussuf Abayomi Azeez, a wanted drug...