Tag: NDLEA
Hemp plantation: NDLEA arrests 9 suspects in Gombe
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested nine suspects in connection with a suspected Indian hemp plantation in Kulani village in Balanga Local...
76-year-old fisherman jailed for drug trafficking
A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced a 76- year old man, Isaac Ogbonnaya, to 36 months imprisonment for drug trafficking.
The convict, a...
NDLEA arrests 192 suspects, seizes 7090.34kg illicit drugs in Oyo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Oyo State Command, says it arrested 192 suspects and seized 7,090.34kg of hard drugs between January and...
Court remands woman, 35, in prison for drug trafficking
A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, remanded a 35-year-old woman, Salihu Binta, in prison custody for allegedly trafficking 30kg of cannabis Sativa...
Suspected drug traffickers kill NDLEA officer in Kano
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Col. Mustapha Abdullah, says one of its officers in Kano...
NDLEA arrests 619 suspected drug traffickers in Kano
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says the agency has arrested 619 suspected drug traffickers in Kano State in 2017.
The state Commandant of...
NDLEA arrests suspected drug baron in Nasarawa
NDLEA arrests suspected drug baron in Nasarawa
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Nasarawa State has arrested a suspected drug baron who was...
NDLEA attributes drug abuse to unregistered medicine stores
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has attributed the high rate and rampant abuse of codeine syrup and other dangerous drugs in the...
Medical director raises alarm over pandemic drug abuse in Nigeria
Dr Oluyemi Ogun, Medical Director, Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, on Monday, said that drug abuse was fast becoming a pandemic in the country...
NDLEA secures conviction of 10 drug dealers in Cross River
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Cross River Command, said on Monday that it secured the conviction of 10 drug dealers in the...