NDLEA

September 21, (THEWILL) — Two Brazil returnees, Ofoma Sunday and Ukachukwu Frank Ikechukwu, have excreted a total of 116 wraps of heroin and cocaine they ingested after days in observatory custody, following their arrest by operatives of the National...

September 19, (THEWILL) — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the sudden death of its Cross River State Commander, Ogbonna Maurice Uzoma. Uzoma, who recently took over leadership of the Cross River State Command of the Agency,...

September 18, (THEWILL) — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that photographs being circulated in the media as those of the three Nigerian pilgrims recently released by Saudi authorities were not authentic. A statement signed on Thursday...

September 14, (THEWILL) — Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted a consignment of 2,248,000 pills of tramadol valued at N3.99bn at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. In a statement on Thursday, NDLEA spokesperson,...

September 12, (THEWILL) — The State Commander, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Sokoto State, Mustapha Muhammand Gidado, has promised to collaborate with the Police in the fight against drug trafficking, substance abuse, and related crimes in Sokoto...

August 31, (THEWILL) — Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 75-year-old man, Uchelue Ikechukwu, alongside five other suspects during raids against illicit substances in Anambra State. The agency, in a statement signed on...

August 25, (THEWILL) — Six members of a drug syndicate, including a 55-year-old drug kingpin, Mohammed Ali Abubakar, alias Bello Karama, have been arrested and taken into custody by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). A statement signed on...

August 24, (THEWILL) — Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 50-year-old widow and fashion designer, Mrs Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike, over an attempt to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine, using fake pregnancy as a...

August 21, (THEWILL) — The International Police Academy (IPA) has appointed Deputy Commander General (DCG) Joseph Ogirima Icha of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as Director of International Counter-Narcotics Training. The IPA Executive Board said the honorary...

August 19, (THEWILL) — A Federal High Court 8, sitting in Lagos, has convicted and sentenced two notorious drug kingpins, Ajetsibo Emami, popularly known as ‘Warri Kinsman’ and Solomon Akpomuai, to a combined 10 years imprisonment. A statement signed on...