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  • Iran-bound woman caught with cocaine in private part, stomach, bag at PH airport

    Iran-bound woman caught with cocaine in private part, stomach, bag at PH airport

    . ..as NDLEA arrests 22-year-old British ex-convict with large drug shipment at MMIA; intercepts fuel tanker, 3 vehicles with 3, 047kg skunk in Niger, 775 litres of codeine in Kano

    Desperate attempt by a woman, Ihensekhien Miracle Obehi who disguised with hijab to export large consignments of cocaine concealed in her private part, stomach and false bottom of her handbag to Iran has been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Port Harcourt International Airport, Port Harcourt, Rivers state.

    Obehi who was dressed in hijab to beat security checks was intercepted at the departure hall of the Port Harcourt airport on Sunday 3rd May 2025 while trying to board a Qatar Airline flight to Iran via Doha following credible intelligence. During her search, she was found to have inserted three wraps of cocaine in her private part, and two large parcels hidden in false compartments of her handbag while she swallowed 67 pellets of the Class A drug.

    As a result, she was placed under excretion observation and after four excretions that lasted days, she expelled the 67 wraps of the substance in her stomach. She claimed she was to swallow 70 pellets of cocaine but after ingesting 67 pieces she could no longer swallow the remaining three and decided to insert them into her private part. The total weight of the three consignments hidden in different parts of her body comes to 2.523 kilograms.

    In like manner, NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos on Friday 9th May intercepted a 22-year-old British national, Campell Kaizra Kofi Johannes Slifer coming from Thailand through Doha on Qatar Airways flight with two suitcases loaded with 35 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 37.60kg.

    Campell who claimed he had twice been convicted in the UK for drug trafficking and robbery, said he was recruited in London to travel to Thailand to pick the illicit consignment and bring same to Nigeria.

    In Niger state, NDLEA officers acting on intelligence on Wednesday 7th May intercepted a fuel truck marked ABJ 693 XU and three other vehicles loaded with 246 bags of skunk, a strain of cannabis with a combined weight of 3, 047 kilograms along Suleja-Kaduna road. Four suspects arrested with the exhibits include: Christopher Onyema, 47; Benedict Etineruba Young, 54; Chukwudi Ujue Jerry, 30; and Mohammed Abdullahi Danasabe. Apart from the fuel truck, three other vehicles recovered from the suspects include: Honda Odyssey bus marked YAB 667 CZ; Gulf bus with registration number GWA 125 TQ and
    Honda Odyssey bus marked ABJ 230 CN.
    At Oja Amukoko in Ijora area of Lagos, two suspects: Eze Chekube Emmanuel and Ike Samuel Chinyerem were on Thursday 8th May arrested by NDLEA operatives with a total of 109,914 pills of tramadol, swinol and nitrozepam seized from them.

    While 52.5kg skunk was recovered from two suspects: Lukman Sabo Umar, 23, and Tukur Ammadu, 20, in a bus at Gwantu, Sanga LGA, Kaduna State on Tuesday 6th May, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Bode Saadu- Jebba expressway, Kwara State on Monday 5th May
    arrested Rufai Nasiru with 45,400 pills of tramadol 225mg.
    In Bauchi state, NDLEA officers on patrol along Bauchi-Gombe road on Tuesday 6th May intercepted a Toyota Tundra jeep marked RBC 111 DW conveying 526 blocks of skunk weighing 505kg with two suspects: Isaac Onogure, 37 and Ikechukwu Peter, 44, arrested.

    A total of 31 kegs containing 775 litres of codeine syrup were recovered from two suspects:
    Hafizu Isa Uman, 34, and Ismail Shehu, 48, when NDLEA operatives raided their hideout at Rijiyar Zaki area of Kano on Saturday 10th May, while 1.1kg of Loud consignment concealed in pillow coming from Thailand was on Tuesday 6th May intercepted by NDLEA officers at a courier company in Lagos.

    The War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands equally continued across the country in the past week. Some of them include: WADA sensitization lecture delivered to students and staff of Federal Government College, Sokoto; Deeper Life International College, Nteje, Anambra; Martins Sanda Girls Science College, Paikoro, Niger state; Restoration Power International School, Idua Eket, Akwa Ibom; while Oyo state command delivered WADA enlightenment lecture to members of the League of Imams and Alfas at Iseyin Central Mosque, Iseyin, among others.
    While commending the officers and men of DOGI, MMIA, PHIA, Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Kwara, and Niger Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures of the past week, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) equally praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for pursuing a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.

  • NDLEA intercepts 942 explosives enroute Zamfara

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a commercial vehicle loaded with 942 explosives along Kaduna-Zaria expressway.

    The Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja said the vehicle was coming from Nasarawa and heading to Zamfara.

    Babafemi said the explosives were concealed in a sack and the subsequent arrest of a 30-year-old suspect, Nura Muhammad.

    He said the NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has directed that the suspect and exhibits be transferred to the appropriate security agency for further action.

    Meanwhile, five members of a syndicate led by one Aminu Musa were arrested on Wednesday, April 30, by NDLEA operatives at Dangoro market, Kano with 50 blocks of skunk weighing 21.6kg recovered from them.

    Also, in Edo state, operatives acting on intelligence on Thursday, May 1, intercepted at Uromi, Esan North-East, a white Toyota bus conveying assorted opioids from Onitsha to Auchi.

    “Recovered from the vehicle include: 314,020 pills of tramadol, rophynol, diazepam, exol5; 638 bottles of codeine syrup and 200 ampoules of pentazocine injection.

    “A suspect Dare Adeyemo was taken into custody,” Babafemi said.

    Similarly, a Mazda commercial bus marked XA343TSE was intercepted at Agu-Awka junction, Awka, Anambra by NDLEA operatives on Wednesday.

    Also, Babafemi said that a total of 50,400 capsules of tramadol, 500 tablets of co-codamol and 300 ampoules of pentazocine injection were recovered while a suspect Chinedu Eneh was arrested.

    In Niger state, NDLEA officers on patrol along Kontagora -Mokwa road on Saturday intercepted a Mitsubishi canter truck marked RBH 104 ZY.

    “A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 5,500 capsules of tramadol and 2,300 ampoules of pentazocine injection as well as the arrest of a suspect Yusuf Abubakar, 30”.

    Meanwhile, Babafemi said that after 10 months of painstaking investigation, NDLEA operatives had arrested a wanted drug kingpin, a 52-year-old Managing Director of Ovidaq International Ltd, Dominic Chiegozie Obijiaku.

    He said that the suspect was arrested over his involvement in the importation of a consignment of 2,616,060 pills of tramadol 225mg intercepted by NDLEA at Apapa seaport in Lagos.

    “A follow-up operation at his house in Lekki led to the seizure of 51 wraps of Canadian Loud weighing 34grams,” Babafemi said.

  • HEAVY HAUL: N3.4bn worth of opioids seized in Lagos, PH

    HEAVY HAUL: N3.4bn worth of opioids seized in Lagos, PH

    ..as NDLEA uncovers drugs in chocolate tins
    . Intercepts 942 explosives going to Zamfara; Italy, Iraq-bound consignments in body creams; arrests wanted drug kingpin after 10 months in hiding

    Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted no fewer than three million five hundred thousand (3,500,000) pills of opioids and one hundred and sixty-three thousand (163,000) bottles of codeine syrup with combined street value of over three billion, four hundred and twenty-eight million naira (N3,428,000,000.00) in Port Harcourt, Rivers state and Lagos state.

    The bulk of the seizures: two million pills of tafrodol 225mg and 163,000 bottles of codeine syrup, was made on Tuesday 29th April 2025 during a joint examination of a watch-listed container by NDLEA officers, men of Customs Service and other security agencies at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex, Onne, Rivers state.
    In Lagos, a total of 1,500,000 pills of a controlled opioid were recovered from a suspect Olarenwaju Wahab at the Alaba-Rago area of Ojo on Tuesday 29th April while the source of the consignment was traced to Q104B Road 25, Victoria Garden City, Lekki, which is the residence of one Obinna Kenneth who is now at large.
    Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives at the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos have intercepted 42 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 20kg, concealed in tins of chocolate, milo beverage, white kidney beans and dark red kidney beans packaged as part of cargos that came into the Lagos airport onboard a British Airways flight from Canada. At least, three suspects including the receiver of the consignment, Monsurat Ewawunmi Lawson, have been arrested between Wednesday 30th April and Saturday 3rd May.

    In like manner, a businessman Bobby Morris Osas was on Friday 2nd May arrested at the Lagos airport while attempting to board a Turkish Airlines flight to Italy. A thorough search of his luggage led to the seizure of 8,130 pills of tramadol 225mg, 200mg and 100mg.

    Attempt by another syndicate to ship 104grams of tramadol and skunk concealed in bottles of body cream to Iraq through a courier company in Lagos was also thwarted on Monday 28th April by NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI).

    In Kaduna, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kaduna – Zaria expressway on Saturday 3rd May intercepted a commercial vehicle coming from Nasarawa State heading to Zamfara State. A search of the vehicle led to the discovery of a total of Nine Hundred and Forty-Two (942) explosives concealed in a sack and the subsequent arrest of a 30-year-old suspect Nura Sani Muhammad (alias Nura Hariji).
    Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has directed that the suspect and exhibits be transferred to the appropriate security agency for further action.

    Five members of a syndicate led by Aminu Musa (a.k.a Kadagi) were on Wednesday 30th April arrested by NDLEA operatives at Dangoro market, Kano with 50 blocks of skunk weighing 21.6kg recovered from them.

    In Edo state, operatives acting on intelligence on Thursday 1st May intercepted at Uromi, Esan North-East, a white Toyota bus conveying assorted opioids from Onitsha, Anambra state heading to Auchi.
    Recovered from the vehicle include: 314,020 pills of tramadol, rophynol, diazepam, exol5; 638 bottles of codeine syrup and 200 ampoules of pentazocine injection, while a suspect
    Dare Adeyemo was taken into custody. A Mazda commercial bus marked XA343TSE was equally intercepted at Agu-Awka junction, Awka, Anambra state by NDLEA operatives on Wednesday 30th April while a total of 50,400 capsules of tramadol, 500 tablets of co-codamol and 300 ampoules of pentazocine injection were recovered and a suspect Chinedu Eneh arrested.
    In Niger state, NDLEA officers on patrol along Kontagora -Mokwa road on Saturday 3rd May intercepted a Mitsubishi canter truck marked RBH 104 ZY. A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 5,500 capsules of tramadol and 2,300 ampoules of pentazocine injection as well as the arrest of a suspect Yusuf Abubakar, 30.
    After 10 months of painstaking investigation, NDLEA operatives on Saturday 26th April arrested a wanted drug kingpin, the 52-year-old Managing Director of Ovidaq International Ltd, Dominic Chiegozie Obijiaku over his involvement in the importation of a consignment of 2,616,060 pills of tramadol 225mg intercepted by NDLEA at Apapa seaport in Lagos on 28th July 2024.

    A follow-up operation at his house in Lekki led to the seizure of 51 wraps of Canadian Loud weighing 34grams.
    The War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands equally continued across the country in the past week. Some of them include: WADA sensitization lecture delivered to students and staff of Al-istigama University, Kano and students and staff of Government Girls Junior Secondary School, Kankia, Katsina state, among others.

    While commending the officers and men of DOGI, MMIA, Lagos, Kano, PHPC, Kaduna, Anambra, Edo, Niger and Apapa Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures of the past week, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) equally praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for ensuring a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.

  • NDLEA arrests drug kingpin supplying bandits, nabs 10 others in nationwide raids

    NDLEA arrests drug kingpin supplying bandits, nabs 10 others in nationwide raids

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of at least 10 suspects during a series of recent anti-narcotic operations across the country, including a major breakthrough involving a suspected supplier of drugs to criminal bandits.

    According to a statement by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, a 22-year-old man identified as Muhammad Mohammed was apprehended in Kano while attempting to transport drugs to Katsina. NDLEA operatives on patrol along the Bichi-Kano Road became suspicious and stopped him. Upon search, they discovered 277 ampoules of pentazocine injection strapped to his thigh and private area using Sellotape.

    Another suspect, 43-year-old Mohammed Abdulrahman Abdulaziz, was also arrested the same day in the Research Rimin Kebe area of Nasarawa, Kano, with 68 blocks of skunk (a potent strain of cannabis) weighing 30 kilograms.

    In Bayelsa State, a major drug den was busted on April 16 when NDLEA officers raided a house on Major General Isaiah Allison Street, Opolo, Yenagoa. The operation led to the seizure of 557.2kg of skunk, 5.6kg of methamphetamine, and 29.8 grammes of heroin. Four suspects—Sarimiye Suwa Kurtis (46), Roland Prosper (34), Sarimiye Tare Paul (45), and Fidelis Ugbesla (46)—were arrested at the scene.

    In Lagos, a delivery van carrying approximately 1,100kg of skunk was intercepted and the driver arrested. Meanwhile, operatives in Kaduna apprehended one Ike Ani at a hideout with 31,950 pills of Tramadol (225mg) and Diazepam.

    The agency also reported the seizure of 97kg of skunk concealed in sacks of charcoal in Kebbi State. Three suspects—Abubakar Ibrahim (50), Mustapha Aliyu (32), and Bashar Lawali (28)—were arrested in connection with the find.

    In Anambra, a 48-year-old man, Okafor Marcel, was caught with 11.5kg of skunk in Abatete, while in Osun State, operatives arrested 27-year-old Ajala Mercy at her residence in Dada Estate, Osogbo, where 43 litres of skushi (a cocktail of blackcurrant, cannabis, and opioids) were recovered.

    NDLEA officers also uncovered and destroyed two large cannabis farms hidden within Egbeta Forest in Edo State. The farms spanned approximately 1.5 hectares and yielded 3,717.86kg of psychoactive plants, along with 136.5kg of processed cannabis.

    At Lagos’ Tincan seaport, a long-sought suspect, Basorun Usman Kayode (40), was finally arrested in connection with the 2023 seizure of 107kg of Loud (a potent cannabis variant) smuggled in from Canada. Another suspect, Dauda Yakubu, was arrested for distributing illegal drugs within the seaport area.

    In a separate operation, NDLEA officers intercepted 500 grammes of cocaine cleverly hidden inside 20 religious books. The shipment, intended for Saudi Arabia, was discovered at a courier company in Lagos on April 15. That same day, another courier facility in the city was found to be handling five parcels of Loud cannabis, weighing 2.8kg, concealed in a carton sent from the United States.

  • NDLEA intercepts cocaine in Saudi-bound religious books

    NDLEA intercepts cocaine in Saudi-bound religious books

    ..nabs bandits supplier with drugs hidden in private part

    . ..recovers 563kg skunk, meth, heroin in Bayelsa warehouse, arrests 4; destroys cannabis farms in Edo forest

    Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a shipment of cocaine concealed in 20 sets of religious books going to Saudi Arabia.

    The cocaine consignment consisting of 20 parcels with a total weight of 500grams and buried in the pages of the religious books was uncovered at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday 15th April 2025 when NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) were searching through export cargos going to Saudi Arabia at the logistics firm.
    At another courier company same day, NDLEA officers intercepted five parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 2.8 kilograms hidden in a carton coming from the United States of America.

    In Kano, a 22-year-old supplier of illicit substances to bandits, Muhammad Mohammed, has been arrested by NDLEA operatives on patrol along Bichi – Kano road while heading to Katsina with 277 ampoules of pentazocine injection tied to his thigh and private part with Sellotape. He was intercepted on Sunday 13th April, while another suspect, Mohammed Abdulrahman Abdulaziz, 43, was nabbed same day at Research Rimin Kebe area of Nasarawa, Kano with 68 blocks of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 30kg.

    Not less than 557.2kg of skunk, 5.6kg of methamphetamine and 29.8grams of heroin were recovered from a house along Major General Isaiah Alllison Street, Opolo, Yenagoa, Bayelsa state where four suspects were arrested when NDLEA operatives raided the premises on Wednesday 16th April. The four suspects arrested during the raid include: Sarimiye Suwa Kurtis, 46; Roland Prosper, 34; Sarimiye Tare Paul, 45; and Fidelis Ugbesla, 46.
    While a total of 1,100 kilograms of skunk were recovered from a delivery van with the driver, Ismail Abdullahi arrested in Surulere area of Lagos on Thursday 17th April, NDLEA operatives in Kaduna on Friday 18th April raided the hideout of a suspect, Ike Ani, 30, in Zaria, where no fewer than 31,950 pills of tramadol 225mg and diazepam were recovered.
    In Kebbi, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Bagudo road on Friday 18th April intercepted a vehicle loaded with bags of charcoal coming from Malabil, Benin Republic. A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 97kg skunk concealed in the sacks of charcoal. Three suspects: Abubakar Ibrahim, 50; Mustapha Aliyu, 32; and Bashar Lawali, 28, were arrested in connection with the seizure.
    A 48-year-old Okafor Marcel was nabbed with 11.5kg skunk at Abatete, Anambra state while NDLEA operatives in Osogbo, Osun state on Tuesday 15th April arrested Ajala Mercy, 27, with 43 litres of skushi, a mixture of black currant, cannabis and opioids recovered from her room at Dada estate, Halleluyah area of the state capital.
    Two cannabis farms in Egbeta forest, Ovia North East LGA, Edo state were raided by NDLEA operatives who destroyed 3,717.8625kg of the psychoactive plant on 1.487145 hectares and recovered 136.5kg of processed cannabis.
    At the Tincan seaport in Lagos, a suspect Basorun Usman Kayode, 40, who has been at large for two years was arrested by NDLEA officers in connection with the seizure of 107kg Loud imported from Cannada in 2023, while another suspect, Dauda Yakubu who distributes illicit drugs within the seaport community was arrested by a team of operatives on Monday 14th April.
    The War Against Drug Abuse, WADA, social advocacy activities by NDLEA Commands equally continued across the country in the past week. Some of them include: WADA sensitization lecture delivered to students and staff of St. Michael Anglican Primary School, Epe, Lagos; Community Grammar School, Ipoti Ekiti, Ekiti state; College of Education, Minna, Niger state; traders at Igbona market, Osogbo, Osun state; traders at Marian Market, Calabar, Cross River; drivers and others at Peace Mass Transit park, Upper Iweka, Onitsha, Anambra state, among others.
    While commending the officers and men of DOGI, Kano, Lagos, Kaduna, Kebbi, Osun, Zone 13, Edo and Tincan Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures of the past week, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) equally praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for ensuring a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.

  • NDLEA pushes for drug tests on NYSC members

    NDLEA pushes for drug tests on NYSC members

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) is advocating for mandatory drug testing for all prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).

    NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (Rtd), said the agency is tackling drug abuse by promoting drug testing in universities, communities, and among families.

    He spoke during a ‘Training the Trainer’ event, organised by NDLEA in partnership with Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) in Abuja on Saturday.

    The initiative aims to equip church leaders and community influencers with tools to educate youths, prevent drug use, and support families battling addiction.

    Represented by Mrs Ngozi Madubuike, NDLEA’s Director of Drug Demand Reduction, Marwa said drug tests at NYSC camps would help deter substance use.

    He explained the tests would also enable timely support and intervention for those who test positive for drugs during orientation.

    The programme is part of the War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) campaign, aimed at reducing drug demand and building stronger support networks for youths.

    The policy has already been adopted by some universities and state governments and is gradually gaining wider acceptance.

    NDLEA supplies affordable test kits to schools and assigns trained officers to carry out drug testing procedures.

    The agency is pushing for drug test requirements in other sectors, including public service, in spite of some opposition.

    “If youths know camps include drug tests, they’ll avoid it. The goal is early help for those who need it,” said Marwa.

    He emphasised urgent collective action is needed to address the rising trend of drug abuse in the country.

    While NDLEA focuses on arrests, seizures, and prosecutions, it also addresses demand through education and rehabilitation initiatives.

    Marwa said the roots of drug abuse lie in wider social, economic, and environmental factors beyond the agency’s control.

    He stressed the importance of parents, teachers, religious figures, and communities working together for prevention.

    Parents were urged to speak openly with children, monitor their peers and online habits, and promote strong moral values.

    He explained that only a united national effort can reverse the growing crisis of substance abuse among Nigerian youths.

    “NDLEA sees collaboration with NYSC and educational institutions as vital to combatting drug abuse among the youth population,” he said.

    Juliet Michael, a childhood education expert and National Cancer Society secretary, praised the initiative as timely and necessary.

    Michael said the programme supports families at a time when moral values are rapidly declining in many homes.

    She reflected, “In the past, a look from parents was enough. Today, many parents struggle to connect with their children.”

    She blamed peer pressure and poor role modelling for the erosion of discipline and positive values among youths.

    Michael urged parents to be examples, welcome their children’s friends, and create environments that nurture good behaviour.

    She added that workshops like this help instil positive values in families and counteract harmful trends in society.

    She stressed that parents must live the values they expect, as the home remains the bedrock of national change.

    Another participant, Iyenoma Osazee, said the training empowers people to detect early drug use and guide affected individuals towards treatment.

  • Photos: 3 NDLEA officers hospitalized after deadly raid attack in Abuja

    Photos: 3 NDLEA officers hospitalized after deadly raid attack in Abuja

    Three officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, were hospitalized after sustaining gunshot injuries during a raid operation in the Jahi area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Thursday night.

    TheNewsGuru reports that the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi via a statement on social media disclosed that the operatives came under attack from armed men shortly after conducting a successful raid on an uncompleted building in the NNPC area of Jahi.

    According to the statement, the NDLEA team stormed the location and recovered illicit substances, including 74 bottles of codeine, 10 litres of codeine syrup, 48 grams of tramadol (225mg), 4.9 kilograms of skunk (a potent strain of cannabis), and five Android phones after acting on intelligence and surveillance reports.

    However, as the team were exiting the building, they were ambushed by gunmen who opened fire on them. Three officers were shot—one in the rib, while the other two sustained injuries to their back and leg.

    Three of the NDLEA personnel involved in the raid sustained gunshot injuries: one in the rib and two others on their back and leg.

    The wounded officers were initially stabilized at the Police Clinic in Garki Area 1 before they were transferred to the National Hospital Abuja for further medical attention.

    Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) expressed appreciation to the staff of the Police Clinic for their prompt support. He also thanked the Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital who was personally reached by him for overseeing the treatment of the wounded officers.

    The NDLEA boss who is in Kano on official engagements also spoke on phone with the injured officers to wish them quick recovery. He assured them that the Agency will deploy every means at its disposal and work in collaboration with other security agencies to fish out those responsible for the attack on them.

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  • NDLEA raises alarm over rising use of cannabis, ‘loud’ in Oyo

    NDLEA raises alarm over rising use of cannabis, ‘loud’ in Oyo

    The Oyo State Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mr. Olayinka Joe-Fadile, has expressed deep concern over the increasing consumption of illicit drugs, particularly cannabis and its stronger variants, in the state.

    Speaking during the “Public Destruction of Drug Exhibits” event held in Ipara, Ogun State, Joe-Fadile highlighted a disturbing trend in the abuse of Cannabis Sativa, which has evolved into more potent and expensive variants such as Scottish Loud, Canadian Loud, and Arizona Loud.

    “These ‘loud’ drugs are more dangerous and expensive than regular cannabis,” he warned. “They kill slowly and painfully.”

    Joe-Fadile appealed to young Nigerians to steer clear of drug use, cautioning them about the long-term damage these substances cause. “You may feel inspired now, but drugs will eventually destroy you,” he said.

    He also praised the collaboration between security agencies, which made the destruction of 1.6 million kilograms of illicit drugs possible.

    “Previously, each state command handled its drug destruction independently. But today, in a unified effort, Oyo, Ogun, Lagos, and other strategic commands joined forces,” he noted.

    The joint operation included Lagos Strategic Command, Ogun Command, Oyo Command, the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Command, Lagos Seaports, Idiroko Border Command, and the Seme Command — all operating under NDLEA Zones 9 and 11.

  • NDLEA nabs Indian lady with 72 parcels of heroin in chocolate wraps at Kano airport(PHOTOS)

    NDLEA nabs Indian lady with 72 parcels of heroin in chocolate wraps at Kano airport(PHOTOS)

    . Recovers tramadol pills concealed in gas cylinder, cocaine, skunk in Kano, Lagos raids

    Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a 42-year-old Indian lady, Ms. Neetu Neetu at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, MAKIA, Kano, with 72 parcels of heroin factory sealed in wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates.

    The class A drug consignment weighing a total of 11 kilograms was recovered from Neetu’s luggage after a thorough search, following processed credible intelligence, during an inward
    clearance of Qatar Airways flight QR1431 from Bangkok, Thailand via Vietnam and Doha at the arrival hall of the Kano airport on Friday 14th March 2025.

    The arrest of Neetu signifies a growing attempt by drug trafficking organisations to hire white ladies and foreign nationals to move illicit drugs through the Nigerian borders, a bid that vigilant NDLEA operatives have consistently frustrated with the aid of modern technological tools and proactive intelligence, says Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) in his immediate reaction to Neetu’s arrest.
    In another interdiction operation in Kano, NDLEA officers on Thursday 20th March arrested a 45-year-old suspect, Michael Ogundele with a 50-litre steel gas cylinder at Gadar Tamburawa, along Zaria- Kano road. Based on credible intelligence, welding tools were later used to cut the giant cylinder after which 50,000 pills of tramadol 225mg concealed in it were extracted.

    While Sunday Ogar, 40, was nabbed at Gunduwawa area of Kano on Wednesday 19th March with 27kg skunk, a strain of cannabis, a female suspect Khadijah Abdullahi, 40, was arrested with 424 bottles of codeine-based syrup at Lungun Bulala Yalwa area of the state on Tuesday 18th March.

    In Lagos, the duo of Olumuyiwa Kolawole and Samod Adisa were nabbed with 67.5kg skunk in Mushin just as 100.8kg of same psychoactive substance was recovered from the store of two fleeing suspects in Anifowoshe area of Mushin while Isah Idris was arrested in Apapa with 4.5kg skunk; 600grams of tramadol 225mg and 30litres of codeine syrup on Tuesday 18th March. Another suspect, Yahaya Mohamed, was arrested same day in Ikotun area of the state with different quantities of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.
    Across the country, NDLEA Commands and formations continued to intensify their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) social advocacy sensitization engagements in schools, markets, motor parts, work places and worship centres in the past week.

    These include: WADA sensitisation lecture to students and staff of Chrisland School, Ikeja, Lagos; Hakimi Secondary School, Mokwa, Niger state; Marist Comprehensive College, Nteje, Anambra state; Ikole City College, Ikole Ekiti, Ekiti state; Government Day Secondary School, Sunane, Sokoto state; and Government Day Secondary School, Jada, Adamawa state, among others.
    While commending the officers and men of MAKIA, Lagos, and Kano Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures, its Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), noted with satisfaction the balance in drug supply and demand reduction efforts of all the formations nationwide, even as he charged them not to relent.

  • NDLEA seizes large consignments of skunk, heroin across 6 states, FCT

    NDLEA seizes large consignments of skunk, heroin across 6 states, FCT

    The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized large consignments of skunk, heroin, and other opioids in raids across Kano, Kwara, Kaduna, Taraba, Abia, Osun, and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

    NDLEA’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to news men on Sunday in Abuja.

    Babafemi said that in Kano, a total of 727 blocks of compressed skunk weighing 479kg were recovered from a 40-year-old suspect.

    According to him,  the suspect was arrested by operatives of the NDLEA at the Chalawa area of the state on March 12.

    He added that no fewer than 58,300 pills of tramadol were also intercepted along Kabba-Obajana highway, Kogi,  in a commercial bus coming from Lagos, enroute Abuja on March 11.

    He added that raid operations in Kachia, in Kaduna on March 13, led to the arrest of a 21 year-old suspect, with 4,900 pills of tramadol 225mg seized from him.

    Babafemi said that a similar exercise in the Hayin Banki area of Kaduna North Local Government Area (LGA) on March 14, also resulted in the arrest of another 25-year-old suspect.

    According to Babafemi, 2,900 tablets of tramadol 225mg was  also recovered from him.

    “A total of 40,200 tablets of tramadol 225mg were recovered from the duo of Olowoko Faruk and Akeem Ridwan along Ilorin – Jebba expressway, Bode Saadu, Kwara, on Friday, March 14.

    “The NDLEA operatives equally seized 21,700 capsules of same opioid from a suspect,  along Eiyenkorin expressway, Ilorin on Thursday, March 13.

    “Also, in Taraba, NDLEA officers on Friday, March 14, another 30-year-old suspect, at Bente Road, Kurmi LGA, with 15.77kg of  skunk,” he stated.

    Speaking further, he noted that agency operatives had also on March 13 in Osun, intercepted a commercial bus with registration number,  SGB 564 YS coming from Idumota, Lagos Island.

    According to him, the NDLEA operatives recovered a total of 48.7kg Ghanaian Loud, Colorado and Canadian Loud, all strains of cannabis.

    “Not less than nine suspects have been arrested in connection with the seizure in Osogbo and Ile-Ife during follow up operations.

    “A 58-year-old suspect was on March 11, arrested along Gwagwalada expressway, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja,  with 27,800 pills of tramadol 225mg.

    “Another 26 year old suspect sold was nabbed same day with various quantities of skunk and cocaine at Wuse zone 3 area of Abuja.

    “In Abia, NDLEA operatives had also on March 15, raided the Ntigha community, Isiala-Ngwa North LGA, where a 34-year-old suspect was arrested.

    “Operatives recovered from him, 274grams of heroin, 141grams of methamphetamine, 2.931kg of cannabis sativa, four grams of cocaine and N753,015 monetary exhibit,” he said.