National Drug Law Enforcement Agency – Page 2

New Visa Policy For Nigerians Traveling To Indonesia, NDLEA To Be Involved

3Apr

By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

New Visa Policy For Nigerians Traveling To Indonesia, NDLEA To Be Involved

Nigerians with new passports seeking to travel to Indonesia will need to present a certificate of recommendation from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, among other documents to process their visas. Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Harry Purwanto, who told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday, said the new visa policy was in line with global measures to promote safety for its citizens. He said the visa conditionals were reviewed in October 2016. He, however, said it was easier for those with frequently used passports to get visas. He explained that applicants seeking to travel to Indonesia also need to be invited or have certain recommendations to visit that country. The envoy added that the policy had made visa application process for Nigerians “quite tough...

NDLEA Discovers Cocaine Inside Passengers’ Boxers, Luggage

31Mar

By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

NDLEA Discovers Cocaine Inside Passengers’ Boxers, Luggage

Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have discovered cocaine hidden inside the boxer shorts and luggage of a passenger. Two suspected drug traffickers, jewellery and auto parts dealers have been apprehended in connection with unlawful importation of narcotics. The suspects according to the Agency are Okonkwo Godwin, 57, an importer of jewellery found with cocaine in his boxer shorts and Nnaemeka David Chinedu, 37, an auto parts dealer who ingested 94 wraps of heroin. This is one of the largest quantities of drugs ingested by a suspect at the Lagos airport lately. NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, Ahmadu Garba said that the suspects arrived from Brazil and Uganda with cocaine and heroin respec...

NDLEA Discovers Cocaine In Man’s Anus, Ephedrine In Female Foot Wears

5Mar

By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

NDLEA Discovers Cocaine In Man’s Anus, Ephedrine In Female Foot Wears

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have apprehended a suspect at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, over 26.2kg of ephedrine found in female foot wears. . The narcotics were detected during the screening of passengers. In another operation, the operatives also arrested two suspects who had just arrived from Cambodia and Sierra Leone with 305g and 1.37kg of cocaine respectively. . The suspect arrested in connection with the ephedrine seizure, 48-year-old Ogujiuba Zacchaeus, is an electrician, who was on his way to Tanzania. One of the other two suspects – Uchegbu Emeka (33), a textile merchant, allegedly inserted 305g of cocaine in his anus. . The third suspect, Emeka Okafor (28), an auto parts dealer, reportedly ingested 1.37kg of cocaine. Emeka...

Police Inspector Arrested With 75 Bags Of Cannabis

28Feb

By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

Police Inspector Arrested With 75 Bags Of Cannabis

The Kogi State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a serving police inspector with a police truck loaded with 75 bags of substances suspected to be cannabis. Forty-three-year-old Abali Zagi was among the 14 suspected drug peddlers paraded on Monday at the Kogi State Command of the NDLEA. The state Commander, Muhammed Bello, put the street value of the over 800 kilogrames of the cannabis found with the inspector at N4m. The suspect was said to have gone to Okpila in Edo State using the Force headquarters, Abuja, welfare bus to transport the cannabis. “When he got to the Crusher area of Lokoja, luck ran out on him as he was apprehended together with the truck, with number plate NPF 7973 C,” Bello said. The command also paraded three suspects arrested by the a...

“People Will Die Before I Am Extradited” – Kashamu

30Jan

By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

“People Will Die Before I Am Extradited” – Kashamu

The latest ruling of a United States court which ruled that Senator Buruji Kashamu must face drug charges has prompted the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) to push for the arrest of the federal lawmaker, saying it has been “emboldened and strengthened” by the ruling. Meanwhile Kashamu, on Saturday, said that he believes that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government would not oblige the request by the US Government for his extradition. Kashamu, who described as illegal the move by the US to extradite him to face alleged drug charges, said: “There is no extradition that can be brought against me again. The only thing they can do is to watch and catch me on the road; take me to the airport or Cotonou or throw me inside a vessel and take me through the Atlantic Ocean. B...

Man Hid Cocaine In Shoe Soles, Arrested By NDLEA (Pictures)

3Jan

By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

Man Hid Cocaine In Shoe Soles, Arrested By NDLEA (Pictures)

Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), over the weekend, arrested a man attempting to smuggle cocaine valued at £3.8million into the country. The suspect, 34-year old Enugu State indigene, Okolo Emenike Kingsley, was arrested at the at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. In a statement signed by Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, spokesman to the anti-narcotics agency, the NDLEA said that the illiicit drug, which was discovered stuffed in shoe soles, weighed 9.150kilogrammes. The discovery, explained the agency, was made in a shipment of shoes during inward screening of passengers on a Turkish Airlines flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil. The statement added that the drug was industrially concealed in the soles of new foot wears and that the seizure was the last ...

Drug Traffickers Excrete 50 Wraps of Cocaine

28Dec

By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

Drug Traffickers Excrete 50 Wraps of Cocaine

Two drug trafficking suspects have been arrested with 1.2 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State. David Achebe, 37, and 43-year-old Daniel Ndukwe were nabbed on Saturday by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,during an outward screening of passengers on Ethiopian and Egypt airline flights. Achebe excreted 45 wraps of cocaine while Nduwke expelled five wraps of the drug. Achebe said I sell electronics at Alaba market. This is my first time of dealing in drugs. My friend in Hong Kong introduced me to cocaine smuggling. He sent the drug to me. The cocaine was in a black polythene bag containing plantain and pineapples. “I swallowed the 45 wraps in my toilet without my wife’s knowledge. I was promised the sum of N5m which...

NDLEA Intercepts N4bn Worth of Drugs at Lagos Airport

13Dec

By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

NDLEA Intercepts N4bn Worth of Drugs at Lagos Airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Monday arrested three suspects who hid 83.390 kilogrammes of ephedrine (worth N4b) in hair extensions at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos. Ahmadu Garba, the NDLEA Commandant at the airport gave the names of the suspects as a 42-year-old Unegbu Daniel Chukwu from Anambra State, 28-year-old Ettah Joseph from Cross Rivers State and a 31-year-old Wopara Bright from Rivers State. “Officials of the NDLEA at the departure hall of MMIA detected a bag and during search it was found to contain substances that tested positive for ephedrine with a total weight of 83.390kgs. The parcels of ephedrine were concealed amidst artificial hair. Three suspects were apprehended and are being interrogated to determine their leve...

NDLEA Chairman Claims Operatives Are Being Investigated For Colluding With Drug Barons

5Nov

By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

News

NDLEA Chairman Claims Operatives Are Being Investigated For Colluding With Drug Barons

Some operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency are currently under investigation for alleged fraternity with suspected drug syndicates. The Chairman/Chief Executive of the NDLEA, Colonel Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (retd), gave the hint while addressing officers at the national headquarters in Ikoyi, Lagos at the weekend. Abdallah warned that the Agency has beamed her searchlight inwards in the anti-narcotics campaign, stressing that any officer who engages in acts of compromise and fraternity with drug barons shall be made to face the full weight of the law. According to the Chairman: “The Agency is currently investigating some of its personnel deployed to man some sensitive beats/points for fraternizing with barons and related organised criminal syndicates to frustrate the...

Veteran Actor Baba Suwe’s Health is Deteriorating

5Oct

By Czar Owolabi MarcusNo Comments

Entertainment

Veteran Actor Baba Suwe’s Health is Deteriorating

Popular Nigerian actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known as “Baba Suwe”, is sick. The health of “Baba Suwe’’is deteriorating, said Producer and Actor Yomi Fabiyi who tried to reach out for assistance. Fabiyi said on Wednesday in his Instagram page that since an encounter with officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), “Baba Suwe’s’’ sagged. Baba Suwe was arrested by NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport on allegation of drug trafficking, but was later released after screening and was exonerated. He later approached the courts for the restoration of his fundamental human rights and was granted general damages of N25 million against NDLEA. The money has not been paid by the Agency, Fabiyi said. Fabiyi accused NDLEA officials of torturing Ba...