Tag: illicit drugs
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Customs intercepts N4bn illicit drugs at Tin Can Island Port
The Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Bashir Adeniyi said the service intercepted large consignments of illicit drugs including cannabis indica, prohibited codeine and other illicit drugs from Canada and India. Adeniyi made this known to newsmen in Lagos on Friday, saying that the intercepted drugs were valued at N4 billion.
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NCoS raises alarm over attempts to smuggle illicit drugs into custodial centres
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has raised an alarm over attempts by some visitors to smuggle illicit drugs into its custodial centres. DSC Adamu Duza, the Public Relations Officer, NCoS FCT Command, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
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NDLEA arrests 11 suspects, seizes large consignments of drugs at Abuja, Lagos airports
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested 11 suspects in connection with attempts by some cartels to smuggle illicit drugs through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja and the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA). The NDLEA said that large consignments of drugs were seized in the process from the suspects.…
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NDLEA confiscates 2,000 kg of drugs in Plateau -Commander
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Plateau Command says it has confiscated 2,000 tonnes of drugs in the state from January to date. The Commander of the Agency in the state, Mr Umar Yahuza, stated this in an interview with newsmen in Jos.
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NDLEA confiscates over N17m worth of illicit drugs
The Rivers State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confiscated over N17 million worth of cannabis compressed into 23 bags weighing 621kg each in Port Harcourt metropolis. The NDLEA State Commander, Rachael Shelleng, disclosed this while parading the seizures at the Rivers command in Port Harcourt on Sunday. She said that…