NDLEA Busts Cocaine Hidden in Food Flasks, Arrests Fashion Designer

NDLEA Busts Cocaine Hidden in Food Flasks, Arrests Fashion Designer

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja Cocaine concealed in food flasks and cannabis hidden in snack packs have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, leading to multiple arrests, including a fashion designer. According to a statement signed by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the cocaine shipment weighing 2.80 kilograms was discovered in 12 parcels hidden […]

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NDLEA intercepts cocaine hidden in dry fish, seizes opioids in UK-bound shipments

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a large consignment of cocaine concealed in the heads of imported dry stock fish and recovered other illicit drugs, including fentanyl and methamphetamine, from export-bound shipments, as enforcement operations intensified across several states. In a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, and released to the press, the NDLEA said the […]

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Former Lagos Councillor Arrested as NDLEA Seizes Drugs Hidden in Baby Diapers

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has arrested a former councillor in Lagos State and intercepted several drug consignments across the country, including narcotics concealed in baby diapers. According to a statement signed by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the former councillor, Sheleru Sadiq Olalekan, was arrested on 2 March at his residence in Ilado, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, following intelligence linking […]

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