•Commercial sex workers More than 30 suspected commercial sex workers have been arrested in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, following security concerns and the discovery of suspected illicit drugs at an unapproved building operating as a guest house. The arrests were made yesterday during a joint enforcement operation led by the Commissio...
•One of the arrested drug suspects Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted two shipments of synthetic cannabis, popularly called Colorado or Colos in street terms concealed in consolidated cargoes coming from the United Kingdom, while two other consignments of the dangerous substance hidden in music spea...
•PrisonA female visitor was reportedly arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle suspected illicit drugs into the Medium Security Custodial Centre (MSCC), Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State, the same facility recently linked to a scandal after a death row inmate was found to have been hosting TikTok livestreams from behind bars. The suspect, ident...
•Nigerian Prison Men of the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ibara, Abeokuta, Ogun State, have arrested a woman for attempting to smuggle substances suspected to be a psychoactive drug into the prison. The State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Ogun State Command, disclosed this in a statement signed by its Public Relations Offic...
•Nigerian Customs operatives The Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) today dealt a major blow to smuggling and cross-border criminal activities with the interception of explosive materials, expired noodles, Savita Cannabis and other prohibited items. Disclosing this to stakeholders at the border town, Comptroller of the co...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), working with their counterparts in Anambra State, have uncovered a syndicate that allegedly plants illicit drugs in the luggage of unsuspecting passengers travelling through motor parks. The agency said the syndicate’s modus operandi was expo...
•NCAA and Orji Uzor Kalu Contrary to alleged inadequacies claims by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu in pilot preparation, use of substance among flight crew, and supposed lapses in the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority NCAA’s oversight responsibilities, NCAA has faulted the Senator, maintaining it has continued to uphold highest and international standa...
The Kogi State Police Command has arrested Charity Williams, a 23-year-old lady, who was found in possession of N2,047,500, hard drugs and barretta pistol. In a statement, the Command said its operative attached to Okene division in Okene Local Government in the state, arrested the suspect at a hotel in Okene. The state police command’s [&hell...
A police officer serving in Rivers State and two other youths have been nabbed and flogged for alleged use of hard drugs. The incident happened at Nkpolu Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state, reports Vanguard. It was gathered that following reports of high drug use and abuse in the area, youths of Nkpolu […]
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested a crime suspect with firearms and substance suspected to be Indian Hemp. This was disclosed today in a statement made available to The Frontier and signed by the spokesperson of the Command, Timfon John, an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP). According to the Police Public [&...
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