The Lagos State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized more drugs and won more convictions in 2016. The Agency seized a total of sixteen thousand, five hundred and seventy-one (16,571.289kgs) of narcotic drugs and successfully prosecuted two hundred and twelve (212) drug dealers last year while one hundred and forty […]
There have been many reports about drug trafficking from the nation’s airports, which occur on daily basis. But beyond the drugs being trafficked, it has become obvious that Nigeria is also a consuming nation of hard and illicit drugs. A visit to drug rehabilitation centres will show how many young Nigerians and others who are […]
Security operatives at the nation’s airports have imbibed the extortion of passengers as a culture and this has grave implications. An activist, Lanre David Lijadu recently wrote on his Facebook account what he went through on arrival and departure from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. He painted a sordid picture of how security operatives extort money from […]
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an importer of electronics on his way to Hong Kong for ingesting cocaine. Another suspect who lives in Athens, Greece was also apprehended in connection with unlawful possession of wraps of substances that tested positive for cocaine. The arrests were made at the Murtalla […]
The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (retd) said that the Agency’s counter-narcotic measures at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos had led to the interception of the largest quantity of ephedrine with a total weight of 83.390kgs. The ephedrine which was concealed in female […]