Arrests kingpin behind fake couple’s cocaine; raids cartels’ leaders’ homes, recovers luxury vehicles, others; Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted various quantities of ephedrine, skunk and nitrous oxide, popularly known as laughing gas concealed in semovita packs and dry pepper being shipped to South Africa and Kenya through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos by members of Transnational Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO), some of who were promptly arrested, their mansions raided and their luxury vehicles seized. According to the NDLEA Spokesman Femi Babafemi…
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South African Arrested With Methamphetamine Consignment at Abuja Airport by NDLEA
As NDLEA intercepts 1,343.8kg skunk, ketamine going to UK, Indonesia, others; seizes 514,420 pills of opioids in Gombe, Adamawa, Ogun raids Attempt by a 29-year-old South African, Erasmus Jean – Pierre, to export 2.6 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in his luggage to the Middle East through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja on Wednesday 23rd August, 2023, was thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who arrested him and recovered the illicit drug.The suspect was intercepted by NDLEA operatives during the outward clearance of passengers…
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Seizes Colorado consignment from Canada; 164,750 pills of opioids in Taraba Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a businessman, Molokwu Nwachukwu, who frequents China, Dubai, Pakistan, and Vietnam, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos for concealing thirty-six (36) parcels of cocaine in different parts of his check-in bags, hand luggage and two pairs of slippers, while heading to Southeast Asia. Director Media and Advocacy NDLEA Abuja, Mr. Femi Babafemi said Molokwu was arrested at the screening point of the MMIA Terminal 2…
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