By Femi Anamelechi National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has remained very resilient in the fight against illicit drugs as the Agency through credible intelligence and strategic collaborations has recorded another milestone. The eagle eyes of the operatives of NDLEA intercepted sixty-six (66) parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, packaged as green tea…
By Femi Anamelechi No fewer than six million pills of opioids namely: tamol 225mg, tapentadol 225mg and carisoprodol 225mg as well as 332,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup with a combined street value of Six Billion Five Hundred and Twenty-Four Million Naira (N6,524,000,000.00) have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency…
By Femi Anamelechi The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has charged officers and men of the Agency to remain resolute and steadfast in the ongoing onslaught against illicit drug trafficking and dealers. Marwa gave the charge on Saturday 19th April 2025 while commissioning…
By Femi Anamelechi National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in their renewed determination to curb drug trafficking, made a massive burst of these criminals Nationwide, the Agency also arrested two brothers, John Abugu, 43, and Kenneth Abugu, 31, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, for attempting to smuggle 5kg of cocaine concealed…
By Femi Anamelechi The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has promised to make the welfare of his officers, men and women of the Agency his priority to ensure that they are physically and mentally fit to carry out their responsibility of curbing the scourge…
By Femi Anamelechi Operatives of NDLEA barely three weeks after launching a manhunt for a fleeing automobile spare parts dealer, have arrested the criminal Levi Chidiebele Ubodoeze over a recent attempt to export two kilograms of cocaine concealed in vehicle propellers to Angola. Following the seizure of the cocaine consignment at a logistics company in…
By Femi Anamelechi Four notorious drug kingpins: Ogbuji Christian Ifeanyi; Iloduba Augustine Chinonye; Shuaibu Nuhu Isa (a.k.a Don) and Zidon Zurga have been convicted and sentenced to a total of 95 years in prison by the Federal High Court in Lagos, Yola and Adamawa States over trafficking of cocaine and skunk worth over N4.6 billion.Ogbuji…
By Femi Anamelechi The Retired Brig. Gen. Buba Mohammed Marwa (MFR) led war against Drug and related trafficking has continued to launch onslaughts against the die- hard criminals as the eagle eyes of men of the Agency has intensified the fight against the illicit activities. The ever resilient and committed operatives of the National Drug…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) reaffirmed its commitment to combating financial crimes at a high level workshop on money laundering, held at the EFCC Academy. The workshop, which brought together key security agencies, focused on strengthening strategies for detecting and preventing illicit financial activities. Participants included representatives from the NCS, Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU),…
