Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a Brazil-based Nigerian businessman, Uche Franklin Onyekwere, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, for allegedly concealing cocaine on his body and inside his footwear. Onyekwere, 47, was arrested on Thursday, January 29, 2026, at the arrival hall of the Lagos airport during the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 30-year-old Brazilian woman, Ingrid Benevides, with 30.09 kilograms of heroin. Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the drugs, worth over ₦3 billion in street value, were allegedly concealed in factory-sealed coffee packs at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja….
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a long-wanted drug kingpin, Lekan Jimoh, alias Kanmo-Kanmo, 12 years after he allegedly masterminded the killing of three of its officers during a botched arrest operation. Jimoh was picked up on Friday, January 16, 2026, in Owode, Ogun State, following intelligence-led operations by NDLEA tactical teams….
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said its operatives have intercepted various quantities of illicit substances including Ketamine, Ecstasy and Tramadol pills concealed in sachets of coffee mix and book parcel heading to Zambia and the United Kingdom. This was announced in a statement on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has dismantled another major cocaine trafficking network in Lagos with the arrest of a female drug kingpin who hid 23.50 kilograms of cocaine inside her children’s room, barely twenty months after a related cartel was crushed in the South-West. In a statement on Sunday by the Agency’s Director…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has warned parents and guardians after operatives uncovered a new method used by drug traffickers to distribute illicit substances. The alert was raised on Sunday by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement posted on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). According to…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a vessel carrying 20 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Apapa seaport in Lagos. In a statement on Friday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the vessel, MV Nord Bosporus with registration number 9760110, arrived from Santos in Brazil. Babafemi said NDLEA officers discovered the Class A drug…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has renewed the appointment of Brigadier-General Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for another five-year term. Marwa was first appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in January 2021, following his tenure as Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has announced then arrest of a wanted drug lord, 40-year-old Yussuf Abayomi Azeez. NDLEA said the suspect was arrested by its special operations unit of at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos, while on his way to Saudi Arabia for Umrah, a holy pilgrimage, after months of…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested 20-year-old music artist Godspower George Osahenrumwen, popularly known as Steady Boy, for allegedly attempting to take delivery of a large consignment of “Loud,” a potent strain of cannabis, smuggled into the country from the United States. This is contained in a statement issued…
