NDLEA

June 21 (THEWILL) — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two elderly men, aged 84 and 75, for allegedly supplying illicit drugs to teenage secondary school students in Umuahia, Abia State, in what officials describe...

June 19 (THEWILL) — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have commenced weeklong activities to commemorate the 2026 World Drug Day, pledging a sustained and coordinated offensive against...

June 16, (THEWILL) — The Senate Committee on Drugs and Narcotics has pledged full legislative backing for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Nigeria’s intensifying battle against substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking, with the committee’s chairman,...

June 15, (THEWILL) — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the successful auction of a luxury hotel in Lagos and three other properties forfeited by convicted drug traffickers, generating a total of N6.148 billion for the...

June 14, (THEWILL) — Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a 41-year-old businessman arriving from Brazil after intercepting 6.10 kilograms of cocaine ingeniously concealed in shirts and towels at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, while...

June 12, (THEWILL) — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday destroyed 73,463.21 kilogrammes of illicit drugs and psychotropic substances valued at N2.8 billion in Edo State, underscoring its ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking and substance...

June 7 (THEWILL) — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intensified its nationwide crackdown on illicit drug trafficking with the interception of large consignments of opioids concealed in building materials in Taraba State. The agency also arrested several...

May 31 (THEWILL) — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a major drug trafficking network involving illicit consignments concealed in water purifier machines imported from Europe, while also intercepting a cache of military-grade ammunition in Kaduna...

May 24 (THEWILL) — The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 63-year-old Chinese grandmother, Ting Hung Kiong, for allegedly attempting to smuggle a large consignment of synthetic cannabis, popularly known as Canadian Loud, into Nigeria through...

May 24, (THEWILL) — The recent arrest of a suspected drug baron, three Mexican methamphetamine experts and six Nigerian collaborators during coordinated operations in Ogun and Lagos states by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has once again...