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July 13, 2025
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NDLEA Seizes Drugs Hidden in Microwaves, Lipsticks; Arrests Kingpin, Destroys 28,000kg Cannabis in Nationwide Raids

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis concealed in microwaves imported from Thailand and wraps of cocaine...

July 6, 2025
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NDLEA Intercepts UK, Saudi-Bound Cocaine Concealed in Lipsticks, Property Documents; Busts Major Drug Syndicates

In a sweeping crackdown on transnational drug trafficking networks, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted cocaine concealed in female lipsticks and property title documents...

June 29, 2025
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Ex-Intl. Footballer, Multiple Suspects Nabbed in Major NDLEA Drug Busts at Nigerian Airports and Borders

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an ex-international football player Segun George Hunkarin along with his businessman partner Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu over attempt to...

June 22, 2025
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NDLEA Uncovers 2.2kg Cocaine at Lagos Airport, Raids Across 7 States Yield Massive Drug Seizures

A 43-year-old female make-up artist, Adekoya Adebukonla Mary who claimed to be travelling to India for a fibroid surgery has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law...

NDLEA Uncovers Massive Drug Smuggling Plot in ‘Green Tea’ Packaging

June 8, 2025
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NDLEA Intercepts Drug-Laden ‘Green Tea’ at Lagos Airport, Arrests Across States Net Over 1.8 Tons of Narcotics

No fewer than sixty-six (66) parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, packaged as green tea have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency...

June 1, 2025
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NDLEA Busts Hajj Cocaine Syndicate, Seizes ₦9.3Bn Opioids, Arrests Key Drug Lords

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered and dismantled a syndicate that sponsors hajj pilgrims who also serve as couriers to move cocaine to Saudi...

May 25, 2025
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NDLEA Seizes ₦6.5Bn Opioids, Arrests British Nationals in Major Drug Crackdown

No fewer than six million pills of opioids namely: tamol 225mg, tapentadol 225mg and carisoprodol 225mg as well as 332,000 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup with a combined street...

May 18, 2025
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Octogenarians, Students, and Smugglers: NDLEA Busts N3.2bn Drug Syndicates Across Nigeria in Nationwide Raids

Two octogenarians: an 80-year-old grandpa Ayuba Ashiru and 82-year-old grandma Mrs. Uloma Uchechi Sunday as well as her daughter Chisom Uchechi, 32, top the list of suspects arrested by...

May 4, 2025
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NDLEA Seizes N3.4bn in Opioids, Explosives, and Cannabis in Nationwide Crackdown

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted no fewer than three million five hundred thousand (3,500,000) pills of opioids and one hundred and sixty-three thousand...

April 27, 2025
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NDLEA raids Lagos hotel, recovers N1.04B in Illicit Drugs, Dismantles Major Trafficking Networks Across Nigeria

An 80-room new hotel in Victoria Island Lagos used as cover for distributing illicit substances has been raided by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) who...