Police Foil Cross-Border Bus Smuggling Plot, Arrest Driver and Guarantor at Ogun Border

Police Foil Cross-Border Bus Smuggling Plot, Arrest Driver and Guarantor at Ogun Border

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have thwarted an attempt to smuggle a stolen company bus into the Benin Republic, arresting the vehicle's driver and his guarantor in a late-night operation along the Idiroko border corridor. The suspects, identified as 46-year-old Seun Lawal and 38-year-old Ademola Oriyomi, were arrested after police intercepted a 28-seater Toyota Coaster bus that had earlier been reported stolen from Lagos. Police […]

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NDLEA Busts Brazil Cocaine Smuggling Ring as Drug-Laced Shirts, Towels Land Businessman in Trouble

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja A 41-year-old businessman returning from Brazil has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after operatives discovered shirts and towels impregnated with liquid cocaine in his luggage at Lagos airport, in a nationwide crackdown that also led to the seizure of over two tonnes of illicit drugs and the arrest of several suspects across the country. The suspect, identified as Abugu Oliver Ikechukwu, was […]

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Court Fines Filipino Crew and Vessel $6m Over Cocaine Smuggling

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja A Nigerian court has convicted 10 Filipino sailors and their vessel, MV Nord Bosporus, for trafficking 20 kilograms of cocaine into the country, imposing fines and restitution totalling $6m and 1.1m naira. In a statement signed by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, the agency said the suspects were arrested at Apapa seaport in Lagos on 16 November 2025 after officers discovered the drugs on board the vessel arriving […]

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FG reopens strategic Kebbi border corridor to curb smuggling, aid commerce

By Zainab Uzomah | Abuja The Federal Government has reopened the Tsamiya Border Corridor in Kebbi State as part of efforts to enhance legitimate trade and reinforce Nigeria’s northwest border security framework. The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) announced the development during a high-level stakeholders’ meeting held on Saturday at the Kebbi Government House, bringing together security agencies, traditional rulers, economic operators and international customs representatives. According to the statement released […]

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Man in China caught smuggling 100 live snakes in his trousers

A man has been caught trying to smuggle over 100 live snakes into mainland China by cramming them into his trousers, according to the country’s customs authority. The unnamed traveller was stopped by customs officers as he sought to slip out of semi-autonomous Hong Kong and into the border city of Shenzhen, China Customs said in a statement on Tuesday. “Upon inspection, customs officers discovered that the pockets of the […]

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