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NDLEA Arrests Fake Security Agent, Brazil Returnee, Recovers Cookies

9Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Crime, Drug Abuse, News, Nigeria

NDLEA Arrests Fake Security Agent, Brazil Returnee, Recovers Cookies

A 76-year-old grandfather, Osagie Robert has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in Edo state where a suspected fake security agent, Godwin Ilevbare, a.k.a Edwin Agbon was also arrested for importing drug chocolates and cookies from Canada into Nigeria to sell. The septuagenarian popularly called old soldier was arrested on Friday 7th January, 2022 in Egor, Oredo area of the state for dealing in Cannabis while Godwin was nabbed during a controlled delivery of a consignment shipped into Nigeria through a courier company. Soon after the suspect signed for the consignment, undercover operatives embedded in the courier firm arrested him at his apartment in Benin city on Tuesday 4th Jan. The consignment, which emanated from Canada, contains Color...

NDLEA arrests 12 dockworkers linked to N9.5bn seized cocaine

14Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria

NDLEA arrests 12 dockworkers linked to N9.5bn seized cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the arrest of 12 dockworkers at the Apapa Seaport, Lagos linked to the importation of N9.5 billion cocaine. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Saturday in Abuja. A Federal High Court in Lagos had granted an application by NDLEA for the interim attachment of a vessel MV Chayanee Naree used to import the 32.9 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria through the port. Besides the attachment order, the court also granted NDLEA’s request to detain the master of the ship, Mr Tanahan Krilerk. It also granted NDLEA’s request to detain 21 foreign national crew members as well as the dockworkers arrested in connection with the case. The anti-narcotic agency had on Oct...

NDLEA Intercepts Bandits With AK-47 Rifles, 78 Rounds of Live Ammunition

12Aug

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Security

NDLEA Intercepts Bandits With AK-47 Rifles, 78 Rounds of Live Ammunition

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested here armed bandits on an alleged mission Katsina State. The suspects: Adamu Shehu, Tukur Mohammed, and Ibrahim Suleiman were reportedly in possession of three AK-47 rifles and other dangerous items. The NDLEA officials also arrested an alleged manufacturer of heavy weapons, Celestine Chidiebere Christian, with a high calibre G3 rifle, seventy-eight (78) rounds of life ammunition (RLA) of 7.62mm calibre, and five empty shells. The suspect was arrested in Benue while trying to move the heavy weapon and ammunition to Jos, Plateau State. Read Also: EFCC Detains Anyim Over N780m Aviation Ministry Fund The arrests and seizures were made at the NDLEA checkpoints in the two states where narcotic officers st...

26Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Drug Abuse, News, Nigeria, Safety

Adesina: Buba Marwa and the Bad Guys

New things are happening at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and suddenly, there’s a throwback to the 1996-1999 Lagos State, when the then Colonel Mohammed Buba Marwa was the military administrator. Marwa took a broom, and swept Lagos almost clean. With Operation Sweep, criminals were given bloody noses, and sent scampering for cover. Roads, which had hitherto become craters, were suddenly fixed. Bitumen, which we had been told didn’t exist, miraculously materialized. Different aspects of life and livelihood were touched, and it became one big pleasure to live in the country’s commercial capital once again. Now, another Operation Sweep is happening at the NDLEA. President Muhammadu Buhari has unleashed Buba Marwa on the agency, and the bad guys are screaming blue mur...

South-West Abuses Drug Most in Nigeria – NDLEA Boss

20Mar

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Crime, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Security

South-West Abuses Drug Most in Nigeria – NDLEA Boss

Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.) Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has said that the South-West and South-South rank top on the list of drug abuse cases in Nigeria. Marwa stated that there is a link between drug abuse and violent crimes such as insurgency, banditry and kidnapping, adding that these vices would persist until drug abuse was tackled. He disclosed this in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, on Friday during the inauguration of a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts named ‘Behavioural Action Centre’, built by a group known as Ogbomoso First Initiative. The new NDLEA helmsman said the rate of drug abuse in the South-West was 22.4 per cent, with the South-South and South-East following with 16.6 and 13.8 per cent, respectively, Punch reports. He added that ...

Man Excretes 86 Wraps of Cocaine at Abuja Airport

7Feb

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Drug Abuse, News, Nigeria, Press Statement

Man Excretes 86 Wraps of Cocaine at Abuja Airport

A suspected drug trafficker intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, has excreted 86 wraps of cocaine, according to the agency. NDLEA’s spokesperson, Jonah Achema, said the suspect, Oluchukwu Onu Friday, aged 39, was arrested during the outward clearance of India bound Ethiopian Airline ET910 en route Abuja-Addis Ababa-New Delhi. Achema, in a statement on Saturday, said, Onu, a native of Umuaku-Isiochi village in Abia State, was intercepted at the boarding gate screening and referred for scanning where he proved positive for ingestion. The Deputy Commander of Narcotics said the suspect then excreted 86 wraps of substances which proved to be cocaine after drug tests and weighed 1.527 kilograms. The statement re...

NDLEA Seizes Cocaine Worth N28bn From Hair Stylist, Others at Lagos Airport

31Jan

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Aviation, Crime, Drug Abuse, Law Enforcement, News, Nigeria, Transportation

NDLEA Seizes Cocaine Worth N28bn From Hair Stylist, Others at Lagos Airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, recovered cocaine worth N21bn from a hairstylist, identified as Jennifer Onyejegbu at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Reports say the operatives also discovered another drug confirmed to be cocaine worth N7bn in luggage abandoned at the E-arrival hall of the airport after the inward clearance of passengers on Ethiopian airline. It was gathered that information on the luggage tag suggest it arrived in Nigeria from Sao Paulo, Brazil, a destination classified as a high-risk country going by records and trends of arrest and seizures. The agency arrested four persons; Abubakar Aliyu, Ikechukwu Eze, Emmanuel Aniebonam and Onwurah Kelvin in connection with the drug. The two seizures were reportedly made ...

Recruitment: NDLEA Releases List of Successful Applicants

9Jan

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Employment, News, Nigeria, Youths

Recruitment: NDLEA Releases List of Successful Applicants

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has released the list of successful applicants in its ongoing recruitment exercise. Principal Staff Officer, Public Affairs, Jonah Achema, in a statement in Abuja on Friday, said the candidates had applied for different cadre vacancies, some of which were invited for job competency test. Achema said all candidates are to visit the agency’s website www.ndlea.gov.org for the list, while those shortlisted have also been contacted via E-mail and SMS. “The affected candidates, numbering 5, 000, are to appear at the Agency’s Academy, Citadel Counter-Narcotics Nigeria, CCNN, Katton-Rikkos, Jos, Plateau State for the screening and documentation exercise between January 10 and 23, 2021 at 0900 hours daily. “The candidates are divided into...