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Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord captured

Dailyblast — Sun, 24 Oct 2021 11:11:46 +0000

Colombia’s most-wanted drug trafficker and the leader of the country’s largest criminal gang has been captured. Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was seized after a joint operation by the army, air force and police on Saturday. The government had offered a $800,000 (£582,000) reward for information about his whereabouts, while the US placed [...]

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Lagos based drug dealer arrested as NDLEA intercepts 4.15 kilograms of meth

Dailyblast — Sun, 29 Aug 2021 22:49:13 +0000

A Lagos-based drug dealer, Eze Celestine Okorie has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. Spokesperson of he NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, August 29, said Okorie was arrested following the interception of 4.15kilograms of methamphetamine consignment going to London, the United Kingdom at the NAHCO [...]

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NDLEA busts interstate drug cartels, recovers 843kg skunk and cocaine

Dailyblast — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 01:39:16 +0000

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have busted three major interstate drug cartels supplying illicit substances to some states in the North, recovered skunk and cocaine weighing over 843 kilograms and arrested at least seven of the drug kingpins behind the syndicates in separate raids carried out in Kogi, Nasarawa and Benue [...]

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90-year-old man arrested for selling drugs to youths

Dailyblast — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 10:59:20 +0000

A 90-year-old man, Yusuf Yarkadir has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for selling drugs to the youths in Yarkadir village in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina state. Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, said the nonagenarian was [...]

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World Drug Day: AFI hold press conference, interactive session on radio

Dailyblast — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 13:55:32 +0000

Ahead the June 26th International Day Against Drug Abuse, Adorable Foundation International (AFI), a non governmental organization that has been involved in the sensitization and awareness campaign against drug abuse in Nigeria, held a press conference on Wednesday 23rd June 2021, to avail the press and public of its Planned programme tagged; A SOCIETAL AWARENESS [...]

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NDLEA arrests man with heroin hidden in his anus and law enforcement officer who sells drugs to students, cultists

Dailyblast — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 17:09:33 +0000

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a suspected drug trafficker returning from Pakistan at the Murtala Muhammed International Airpirt, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos. Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, June 20, said the suspect Ezenyeche Kingsley Ebuka, had arrived the D arrival hall [...]

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Secondary School leaver, accounting graduate, nabbed with drugs at Abuja and Kano airports

Dailyblast — Tue, 01 Jun 2021 17:00:53 +0000

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have foiled attempts by a 23-year-old secondary school leaver, Iwuyi Princewill Chukwuka and a Europe based Nigerian, Peter Mkwo to export nine kilograms of skunk and methamphetamine through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja to Turkey and Belgium respectively. A statement released by Femi Babafemi, [...]

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NDLEA seizes 200kg hard drugs in Lagos, Abuja, Kano airports

Dailyblast — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 07:11:21 +0000

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has foiled attempts by traffickers to export hard drugs through three major international airports in the country. The agency said 200 kilograms of illicit substances were seized from the traffickers at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos; Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja; and the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, [...]

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Drug trafficker arrested with N1bn worth of cocaine in Sokoto

Dailyblast — Sun, 28 Feb 2021 13:34:16 +0000

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Sokoto State have arrested a 36-year-old suspected transborder drug trafficker, Nkem Timothy, alias Auwalu Audu, while trying to cross to Algeria through Niger Republic with 62 wraps of substance suspected to be cocaine. Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Mr Femi Babafemi, who made these known [...]

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NDLEA arrests man for selling cakes & biscuits laced with hard drugs

Dailyblast — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 17:03:15 +0000

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a man for supplying rich people in Lagos with cakes, biscuits and others produced with drugs. The man, who is the leader of the syndicate, was identified as Samuel Ebenezer. NDLEA officials had raided some drug spots in Agege, Ikorodu, Lekki, Okokomaiko and other parts of [...]

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