•Chairman, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has commenced a joint investigation with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration and the United Kingdom National Crime Agency to uncover those behind the importation of 1,000kg of cocaine intercepted at the PTML Terminal of...
A health expert has warned Nigerians to stop consuming refined sugar as it is more addictive than cocaine. Associate Professor and honorary consultant to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Prof Alero Roberts, revealed this today as a guest on Channels Television. Although she clarified that not all sweet foods are unhealthy, she stated th...
•Mary Adekoya A 43-year-old female make-up artist, Mary Adekoya, who claimed to be travelling to India for a fibroid surgery has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Lagos after 2.20 kilograms of cocaine were discovered in her bag. Director, Medi...
Barely two weeks after operaÂtives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Mallam Aminu Kano InÂternational Airport (MAKIA), Kano, intercepted a 60-year-old businessman, Chinedu Leonard Okigbo, heading to Iran with 65 pellets of cocaine in his stomÂach, their counterparts at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) hav...
The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), yesterday, revealed the arrest of two individuals who attempted to smuggle cocaine while posing as pilgrims en route to Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj. Speaking during the opening ceremony of the Inter-Ministerial Committee on...
•The suspects The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two brothers: John Abugu, 43, and Kenneth Abugu, 31, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos with five kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in walls of their suitcases while attempting to board a flight to India. The two brothers were arrested at...
•Arrested footballer, Radja Nainggolan Former Belgian international Radja Nainggolan was arrested today as part of an investigation into cocaine trafficking via the port of Antwerp, the Brussels prosecutor’s office said. Police arrested several suspects, including the footballer, after carrying out a series of morning raids across the country,...
•The suspects Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 48-year-old businessman, Orizu Ifeanyi Arthur, while allegedly attempting to board an Air France flight 844 from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja to Paris, France with ingested 74 wraps of heroin and cocaine. Femi Babafemi, the agen...
Australian police said today they were scouring beaches after mysterious packages believed to contain more than 120 kilograms (260 pounds) of cocaine washed up over the Christmas period. A first batch of 39 barnacle-encrusted, one-kilogram bricks of suspected cocaine was discovered on Friday near Magenta Beach, north of Sydney, police said. Si...

