NDLEA intercepts US, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Italy-bound cocaine, opioid shipments in prayer beads, others
|Arrests 2 suspects; recovers large consignments of skunk, heroin, opioids in Kano, Kwara, Kaduna, Taraba, Abia, Osun, and FCT raids Desperate bids by some drug trafficking organisations (DTO) to move…
Nigerian-born drug kingpin Chinedu Okparaejesi arrested at El Dorado airport in Colombia
Colombian authorities, in collaboration with the FBI, have arrested a Nigerian national, Joseph Chinedu Okparaejesi, alias Alen, a suspected transnational drug trafficker, at El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá. Intelligence sources…
Police arrest parishioner for kidnapping Reverend Fathers
Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 34-year-old Church member for allegedly kidnapping reverend fathers, Abraham Samman and Matthew Dusami of Catholic Dioceses of Yola and Jalingo respectively. SP Suleiman…
NDLEA arrests fleeing auto spare parts dealer over 77.50kg cocaine, phenacetin seizure
| Intercepts cannabis candies shipment meant for Lagos kiddies’ shop, nabs suspects; recovers large consignments of opioids, others in Abia, Kano, Benue, Osun, Edo raids Barely three weeks after launching…
NDLEA intercepts 5.40kg cocaine going to Owerri, another concealed in motor parts heading to Angola
| Seizes 128 parcels of Canadian Loud hidden in mattresses at Tincan; destroys 52,459kg skunk in Delta, Edo forests Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested…
Group calls on Europe, America to reciprocate EFCC’s return of proceeds of corruption
The Journalists Against Corruption (JAC), a non -governmental, not-for-profit advocacy group, has called on western countries, especially European American, Spanish, Swish and other nations, whose citizens were duped by Nigerians…
Two suspected killers of Anambra lawmaker escape police custody
The police command in Anambra says two suspected killers of Justice Azuka, a member of the state house of assembly, have escaped from custody. Azuka was abducted and attacked by…
NDLEA busts trans-border drug cartel, arrests four members in Onitsha, Keffi
| Recovers multi-million-naira opioids from Sienna bus bumper, meth in auto spare part, others in Anambra, Cross River, Nasarawa, Taraba, Ekiti, Lagos interdictions Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement…
NDLEA intercepts Colorado, Loud, Tramadol consignments in gas cylinder, others
Attempts by two drug kingpins to smuggle into Nigeria consignments of heroin through the Port Harcourt International Airport and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, have been foiled by operatives…
Labour Party Reps decry killing of kidnapped Anambra lawmaker
The Labour Party Caucus of the House of Representatives has said that it is deeply saddened and devastated by the news of the death of its party man and member…