NDLEA, UAE Sign Pact to Shut Down Nigeria-UAE Drug Trafficking Route

NDLEA, UAE Sign Pact to Shut Down Nigeria-UAE Drug Trafficking Route

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the United Arab Emirates’ National Drug Enforcement Authority (NDEA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen intelligence-sharing and joint operations against drug trafficking between both countries. The agreement was signed on Saturday, September 26, 2026, on the sidelines of the 15th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Abu Dhabi, UAE, according to the […]

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NDLEA EXPANDS CRACKDOWN ON TRANSNATIONAL DRUG CARTELS, BUSTS ENUGU METH LAB

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arraigned luxury goods dealer and lifestyle influencer, Afolabi Kazeem Michael, popularly known as KC Luxury, and two alleged accomplices over the attempted export of 184.5 kilogrammes of cocaine to the United Kingdom. Afolabi was arraigned alongside Boniface Freeman Ochoche Sule and Ikechukwu Ekugo Patriarch before Justice Ayokunle Olayinka Faji of the Federal High Court in Lagos on a 22-count […]

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NDLEA intercepts N3.4bn illicit drugs, arrests fake police officer, mechanic

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted more than 1.3 million pills of tramadol and other opioids, as well as 6,000 kilogrammes of cannabis worth over N3.4 billion, in operations across several states and the Federal Capital Territory. The agency also arrested a suspected fake police officer, a mechanic allegedly using his workshop as a drug storage facility and two teenagers found with […]

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NDLEA Canine Handlers Get Specialised Training from German Experts

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has trained 11 personnel of its Canine Unit in advanced narcotics detection techniques as part of efforts to strengthen the agency’s capacity to intercept illicit drugs. The refresher training, conducted at the NDLEA Canine Unit Facility in Lagos, was organised in collaboration with Germany’s Federal Criminal Police Office, Bundeskriminalamt (BKA). In a statement signed by the NDLEA Director, Media and […]

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NDLEA Arrests Fugitive Drug Kingpin Linked to 49.70kg Heroin Shipment

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested and repatriated Festus Ibewuike, alias Chidibest Ibewuike, a suspected drug kingpin who had been on the run for more than two years over his alleged involvement in a 49.70kg heroin shipment intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. In a statement signed by its Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the agency said Ibewuike was arrested […]

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NDLEA Boss Orders Investigators to Target Drug Cartels’ Financial Networks

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja The Chairman and Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brigadier General Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), has directed investigators and prosecutors to intensify efforts to trace, seize and recover the proceeds and assets of drug traffickers. Marwa gave the charge on Wednesday in Abuja while declaring open an advanced capacity-building programme on financial investigations, asset tracing, forfeiture and recovery of proceeds linked to […]

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NDLEA Seizes N6.2bn ‘Jihadi Drug’, Opioids at Lagos Airport, Arrests Cross-Border Kingpin

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted illicit drugs worth more than N6.2 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, including 47,200 tablets of captagon, popularly known as the ‘Jihadi drug,’ concealed inside local bathing soap brought from Ghana. The 49-year-old alleged cross-border drug kingpin, Akinbile Kazeem Aikins, was arrested on Saturday, August 22, 2026, after arriving from Accra, Ghana, aboard an African […]

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NDLEA Begins Nationwide Training for Counselors on Standard Rehabilitation Guidelines

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has commenced a nationwide training programme for its counselors to standardise rehabilitation practices and strengthen clinical competencies in line with global best practices. The first phase of the training, which began at the NDLEA Academy in Jos, Plateau State, is being coordinated by the Directorate of Counseling, Treatment and Rehabilitation (DCTR) and has brought together more than 100 counselors from […]

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NDLEA Arrests India-Bound Businessman With Cocaine, Seizes N3.6bn Worth of Drugs in Lagos

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 48-year-old businessman allegedly attempting to smuggle 1.55kg of cocaine to India, while operatives across several states recovered illicit drugs worth more than N3.6 billion in a week-long operation.The suspect, Nwankwo Innocent Onyebuchi, who deals in marble in Lagos, was arrested at the departure hall of Terminal II of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, while attempting […]

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