Tag: Cocaine
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32.9kg cocaine trafficking: 10 Thai sailors, ship convicted, fined $4.3m
. Conviction will send strong warning to int’l drug cartel, local collaborators, says Marwa, commends NDLEA officers for diligent investigation and prosecution After over three years of diligent prosecution by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), a Federal High Court in Lagos presided over by Justice Daniel Osiagor has convicted 10 Thai sailors and…
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India-bound siblings arrested at Lagos airport with 5kg cocaine in walls of suitcases
Operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested two brothers: John Abugu, 43, and Kenneth Abugu, 31, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja, Lagos with 5kilograms cocaine concealed in walls of their suitcases while attempting to board a flight to India. The two brothers…
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NDLEA detains nursing student over alleged attempt to ingest 76 wraps of cocaine
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has detained for prosecution, a 26-year-old nursing student at Noida International University in India, for allegedly waiting to ingest 76 wraps of cocaine. NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this on Sunday in Abuja.
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Europe-bound businessman arrested at Abuja airport for ingesting 74 wraps of heroin, cocaine (Photos)
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 48-year-old businessman, Orizu Ifeanyi Arthur while attempting to board an Air France flight 844 from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja to Paris, France for ingesting 74 wraps of heroin and cocaine.
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2.1 tons cocaine seizure: 4 drug lords bag 28yrs in jail, forfeit VGC houses, N67m, $50,000+Photos
Four drug kingpins arrested in connection with the historic seizure of 2,139.55 kilograms of cocaine at an Ikorodu residential estate in 2022 have been convicted by a Federal High Court, Lagos, presided over by Justice Yellim Bogoro who sentenced them to various jail terms totaling twenty-eight (28) years with hard labour. The convicts: Soji Jubril…
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After 35 years business man nabbed with ingested cocaine in his stomach
…as NDLEA intercepts UK-bound cocaine, pentazocine consignments in Lagos; 3.1million pills of opioids in Kano; 2,777kg cannabis in Lagos, Edo After 35 years in Brazil, a businessman based in the South American country, Ezeokoli Sylva has returned home with 700grams of cocaine buried in his stomach, a discovery made following his arrest by operatives of…
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NDLEA arrests businessman at Enugu airport for ingesting 90 wraps of cocaine
..smashes 2 cocaine syndicates, arrests Chinese, Nigerian kingpins, 5 associates in Lagos; intercepts N4.3Billion worth of opioids at Onne, Tincan ports Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 50-year-old businessman, Osuoha Christian Iheanacho, at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu, for ingesting 90 wraps of cocaine. Osuoha was intercepted…
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UK, Italy, Turkey, Qatar-bound cocaine, meth consignments intercepted in Lagos, Abuja
. .how NDLEA nabbed masterminds at MMIA, Abuja hotel; foils bid to smuggle opioids into Lagos from Ghana Attempts by drug syndicates to export large consignments of cocaine, methamphetamine and opioids through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos and the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja to the United Kingdom, Italy, Turkey and…
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NDLEA operatives nab 2 blood brothers behind cocaine shipment to Vietnam
…as NDLEA intercepts 2.4million tramadol pills in Gombe Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have nabbed two blood brothers behind cocaine shipment to Vietnam. Also, an Ibadan, Oyo state-based businesswoman, Mrs. Adewunmi Adebola Dorcas and an auto parts dealer, Arinze Ora over attempts to export consignments of opioids and cocaine to London,…
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NDLEA intercepts UK, Europe-bound cocaine, opioids in Lagos
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a consignments of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids at three courier firms in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the drugs were concealed in ladies’