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Judge chides NDLEA for detaining suspect illegally

Admin 1 8 years ago

Justice Saliu Saidu of the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday said it was wrong for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to detain suspects without a court’s order. He said judges would not need to bother with […]

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Woman Docked For Allegedly Peddling 4.5Kg of Cocaine

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday arraigned a 38-year-old woman before a Federal High Court in Lagos for drug trafficking. The accused, Alake Abdulrazaq, is standing trial on a one-count charge bordering on the offence. She, however, […]

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NDLEA impounds truck with N15m Indian hemp

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday said it impounded a truck loaded with Indian hemp worth over N15 million in Akwanga, Nasarawa State. Mr Saidu Salihu, the NDLEA Area Commander in charge of Akwanga and Kokona Local […]

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NDLEA arrests 6 for swallowing something unthinkable!

Admin 1 9 years ago

Operatives of the of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, yesterday arrested a Bureau De Change operator and five other suspected money laundering syndicate for swallowing $156,000 (N31, 083, 000.00) at Excel Oriental Hotel along Airport Road, Lagos. The […]

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Drug saga: NDLEA arrests Arik staff accomplice

Admin 1 9 years ago

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended an Arik Air staff, Ikechukwu Chibuzor Oliver, over his alleged role in the trafficking of cocaine seized by United Kingdom Border Force at Heathrow Airport, London, on Monday. Oliver, 35, who works […]

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NDLEA Impounds Illicit Drugs Worth Over N25m

Admin 1 9 years ago

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it impounded illicit drugs worth over N25 million in Kano state from July to date. The Commandant of the agency in the state, Alhaji Ahmadu Garba, disclosed this in an interview on […]

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NDLEA nabs China-bound man with 1.185kg drugs at Lagos airport

Admin 1 9 years ago

This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, Head, Public Affairs, NDLEA, on Wednesday in Lagos. The statement said the NDLEA commander at the Lagos airport, Mr Hamza Umar, noted that Chibude was arrested by NDLEA officers […]

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There’s ‘nothing’ to NDLEA’s probe on Fans mi video — Davido

Admin 1 9 years ago

Nigerian pop star, Davido, has reacted to the alleged investigation of his ‘Fans mi’ video by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA over what many termed promotion of narcotics, a banned and illegal substance. In a recent interview with a National […]

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Nigerian court sentences Pakistani to prison for importing heroin

Admin 1 9 years ago

A 19-year-old Pakistani, Iftikhar Arslan, was on Thursday sentenced to 18 months in prison by Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court, Lagos, for importing 25. 4kg of heroin. Arslan, who said he was a medical student in Pakistan, […]

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Trader collapsed and died of cocaine ingestion qt the airport

Admin 1 9 years ago

Lagos-based trader has died of complications from cocaine ingestion after collapsing at the departure hall of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, last Sunday. Emmanuel Ndulue, 32, was an intending passenger on an Ethiopian airline flight to China en route Addis […]