Tag: NDLEA
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Ex-footballer, Okafor Emmanuel sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for cocaine trafficking
A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced an ex-footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior, to five years imprisonment for drug trafficking starting from the date of his arrest. The prosecutor, Augustine Nwagu, had told the court that Emmanuel was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the arrival hall of the…
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NDLEA recovers hard drugs, nabs 2 wanted kingpins, 1 blind Nigerien and son
NDLEA has arrested two businessmen who had been on the run for months over their involvement in drug trafficking. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated in Abuja on Sunday that one of them, Nnebo Christopher had been wanted for his role in the importation of 40 cartons containing 346,800 pills of Co-codamol. Co-codamol is a…
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NDLEA denies requesting for costly sniffer dogs in 2023 budget
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has denied requests to buy sniffer dogs in its 2023 budget proposal.
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NDLEA destroys hectares of hemp farmland 1,465 kg in Ekiti state
About 3.7 hectares of hemp farmland has been destroyed by men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ekiti State Command. The farmland situated in Ire-Ekiti Forest in Oye Local Government Area of the state was totally destroyed on Friday afternoon.
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NDLEA arrests 48 suspects over alleged drug trafficking in Edo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo, says it has arrested no fewer than 48 suspects over alleged illicit drug trafficking in October. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday in Abuja by Mr. Buba Wakawa, the NDLEA Commander in the state.
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NDLEA arrests traditional ruler. others for drug trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested one Abubakar Ibrahim, the village head of Gidan Abba, Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto, with 10 others over 991,320 pills of pharmaceutical opioids. A statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja, said 1,251kgs of cannabis and Khat…
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NDLEA conducts massive operation, arrests 10 suspects, seizes drugs in 5 states
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 10 suspects in connection with the seizure of 4,870.2kgs cannabis in some parts of Edo. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja.
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Abba Kyari: Witness indicts NDLEA operatives at Enugu International Airport
Mr Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)’s witness in the trial of DCP Abba Kyari and others, on Thursday, indicted the operatives of the agency stationed at the Enugu International Airport. Ezenwanne made the disclosure during a cross examined by counsel for Kyari and two others, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, before Justice…
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Alleged drug deal: DCP Kyari ask court to strike out case
In the motion filed by his counsel Ikpeazu Ikpeazu, suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari, has asked the court to strike out the drug trafficking charges preferred against him by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), alleging that the offence his being tried for was committed during a police investigation and the Police Service…
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NDLEA arrests 121 suspects, seals 13 properties in Kaduna
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, have arrested 121 suspected drug traffickers and sealed 13 properties belonging to them. The NDLEA Commander, Mr Umar Adoro, told newsmen on Monday in Kaduna that the operation was conducted in September. Adoro said 27 notorious drug joints were dismantled across the state.