A Nigerian living in Pretoria, South Africa has been arrested with parcels of methamphetamine at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos by officials of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The arrest took place during the outward screening of passengers on a South African Airline flight to South Africa. The parcels of drug tested […]
A 55 year old female pilgrim to Medina, Saudi Arabia to perform the annual pilgrimage has tested positive to narcotic ingestion at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja. She was immediately placed under observation by officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The suspect identified as Mrs Binuyo Basira Iyabo has so […]
Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtalla Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos have apprehended a 51 year old trader with 180 grammes of heroin. The suspect was nabbed during inward screening of passengers on an Ethiopia Airlines flight from Entebbe, Uganda. Four parcels of brownish powdery substance that tested positive […]
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah (retd.) has ordered investigation into the arrest of three Nigerian pilgrims in Saudi Arabia in connection with substances suspected to be cocaine. NDLEA said Abdallah who expressed disappointment over the unfortunate incident constituted a panel of inquiry headed by the Director […]
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested 8,778 suspected drug traffickers comprising 8,143 males and 635 females in 2015. A total of 903,624.56kg of narcotic drugs were equally seized. The seized drugs are as follows; cannabis 871,480.32kg, psychotropic substances 30,652.93kg, ephedrine is 785.10kg, methamphetamine 410.82kg, cocaine 260.47kg, heroin 30.09kg and amphetamine 4.83kg. The Agency […]
