Thai Woman Arrested at Lagos Airport for Smuggling 46.6kg of Cannabis.

Attempt by a 24-year-old Thai lady, Ms. Pattaphi Wimonnat, to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 46.6 kilogrammes into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos has been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). She was arrested after the illicit consignment was discovered […]

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COURT OF APPEAL PRESIDENT LEADS WAR AGAINST DRIVING UNDER INFLUENCE, CHARGES COMMUTERS TO ALWAYS EXPRESS THEIR RIGHTS TO SAFE TRIPS

In what seems to be an added feather to ongoing efforts towards entrenching sanity on the highways, the President of the Court of Appeal, Her Lordship, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, has taken a strong stance to combat driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol and drugs, a move aimed at reducing the rate of drunk driving […]

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Businessman undergoes surgery to expel 81 wraps of cocaine stuck in his stomach

…7 days after ingesting illicit consignment, deported from Lebanon, nabbed at MMIA . As NDLEA intercepts 2,000kg skunk coming from Ghana at Lagos beach In a near death experience, a 59-year-old businessman Chijioke Nnanna Igbokwe has undergone a surgery, exploratory laparotomy, to let out 57 out of 81 pellets of cocaine stuck in his stomach […]

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NDLEA intercepts UK-bound illicit drug consignment in duvet at Lagos airport, arrests 2

Recovers skuchies, ‘suck and die’, opioids, assorted weapons in raids across Lagos, Ekiti, Kwara; destroys cannabis plantation in Kano Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a consignment of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, concealed in duvet, packaged for export to the United Kingdom through the cargo shed of the […]

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Nigerian student en route to Cyprus arrested with hidden drugs in Crayfish Package

By Suoyo Ekubo  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 19-year-old undergraduate student identified as Benjamin Nnamani Daberechi after he was caught trying to export 7.2 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in crayfish package to Europe. Daberechi, who was traveling Cyprus for his undergraduate studies, was apprehended at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport […]

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24 parcels of cocaine found at Port Harcourt airport

by Mitchelle Uzorka  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has reportedly found 24 parcels of cocaine concealed in 12 tyres of lawnmowers imported into the country through the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA). Confirming the News was Mr Femi Babafemi, NDLEA Director ,Media and Advocacy, in a statement released on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi […]

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