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Liberian Govt Confiscates $100 Million Worth Of Cocaine

October 4, 2022 6:33 am

Liberian authorities on Tuesday confirmed that they had seized some $100 million worth of cocaine, with help from the United States’ international narcotics agency.

Liberian Justice Minister Musa Dean informed reporters the national Drug Enforcement Agency, with help from the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, had made the seizure Saturday in Topoe village, a western suburb of the capital Monrovia.

The operation led ‘to the seizure of $100 million worth of pure cocaine’, he said.

He also added that a Guinea-Bissau national and a Lebanese suspect were arrested.

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18 Pump Action Guns Intercepted By NDLEA In Kogi

September 19, 2022 6:33 am

Reports reaching the desk of Africa Daily News, New York reports that operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on patrol along Okene-Abuja highway, yesterday intercepted a J-5 bus with 18 pieces of pump action rifles and 1,300 cartridges in Kogi State.

According to reports, the vehicle was coming from Onitsha, Anambra State en route Kaduna-Zaria in Kaduna State.

The anti-narcotics agency said two suspects conveying the arms and ammunition, Chukwudi Aronu, 51, and Shuaibu Gambo, 23, were arrested.

This was revealed in a statement signed by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday.

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NDLEA Confiscates Cannabis Sativa Worth N30m In Nasarawa

NDLEA Confiscates Cannabis Sativa Worth ₦30m In Nasarawa

August 11, 2022 5:33 am

The Nasarawa State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed that the agency has just confiscated 1,659 kilograms of Cannabis Sativa worth about ₦30 million.

The state Commander of NDLEA, Peter Odaudu, who disclosed this in Lafia on Wednesday pointed out that officers and men of the Akwanga Area Command on patrol on Tuesday intercepted a J5 Boxer vehicle with number plates: KTG 71 XC, at about 10.24 a.m, travelling from Ogere in Ogun State to Bauchi.

He disclosed that upon sighting operatives from afar, the driver and another occupant of the vehicle disembarked and ran …

NDLEA Nabs ‘Pastor’ With Drums Of ‘Mkpuru Mmiri’

August 8, 2022 3:44 am

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the arrest of a cleric Pastor Anietie Okon Effiong who was in possession of three drums of crystal methamphetamine, locally called Mkpuru Mmiri.

According to the anti-drug abuse agency, the consignment was believed to have been imported from India.

NDLEA’s Director of Media & Advocacy Femi Babafemi in a statement which was made available to Africa Daily News, New York on Sunday said; ‘The consignment weighing 90 kilograms and loaded into a commercial bus with registration number RSH 691XC at Ojuelegba in Lagos was intercepted during a stop and search …

NDLEA Boss Announces Arrest Of 17,000 Offenders, 10 Barons

June 20, 2022 5:53 pm

In a fresh report by the agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced that it has arrested over 17, 647 offenders which also included 10 drug barons between January 2021 and May 2022.

The agency also revealed that it has also convicted and jailed over 2,369 drug offenders within the same period while 154,667.339 kilogrammes of illicit drugs and other substances were taken in the first five months of the year 2022.

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At a press conference in Abuja on Monday, Buba Marwa, the Chairman of NDLEA …

Drugs Hidden In Cornflakes Packs, Creams Busted By NDLEA

June 19, 2022 1:00 pm

Fresh reports have revealed that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has seized drugs which were concealed in cornflakes packs and body cream containers at the Lagos Airport being exported to Malaysia and Australia in a fresh bust by some officials of the security outfit.

Two people were arrested in connection with the drugs.

Femi Babafemi who is NDLEA’s spokesman issued a statement on Sunday where he had reiterated that attempts by the drug traffickers to export parcels of Methamphetamine popularly called ‘Mkpuru Mmiri’ which were locally concealed in Cornflakes packs and body cream containers to Malaysia and …

How NDLEA intercepted N6bn insurgents’ drugs in Lagos - Marwa

How NDLEA intercepted ₦6bn insurgents’ drugs in Lagos – Marwa

September 8, 2021 3:55 pm

The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), has disclosed that drugs meant for insurgents worth ₦6 billion were on Wednesday intercepted by the Agency at the Apapa port in Lagos.

While giving details of the seizure while speaking at a media briefing on Wednesday, Marwa narrated that loads of Captagon, a brand of Amphetamine were intercepted by the Agency’s operatives.

This is as he condemned the evil intent of those behind the importation of illicit substance into the country at a time when the nation is facing some security challenges.

The …