‘Businessman’ Arrested By NDLEA Undergoes Surgery To Remove Cocaine Wraps Stuck In His Stomach

Following a close shave with death, a 59-year-old businessman, Chijioke Nnanna Igbokwe, has undergone surgery, exploratory laparotomy, to let out 57 out of 81 pellets of cocaine stuck in his stomach after seven days of ingesting the illicit substance in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. NDLEA disclosed that its operatives arrested Igbokwe at the arrival hall of…

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NDLEA Arrests India-bound Nursing Student For Attempting To Ingest 76 Wraps Of Cocaine

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have thwarted an attempt by a 26-year-old nursing student, Esther Onyinyechi Uzodinma, to ingest 76 wraps of cocaine before boarding her return flight to India. The suspect, a 200-level nursing student at Noida International University in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested at the Royal Park Hotel in…

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NDLEA Arrests 65-Year-Old Grandma With ‘Bottles Of Codeine’ In Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested 65-year-old Ramata Bola Adeyemo over alleged drug trafficking. In a statement signed by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, the suspect, a grandmother, was arrested on December 6 at Odunfa Street, Lagos Island LGA, Lagos. The agency said 20.6 litres of codeine-based syrup were recovered…

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NDLEA Officers Reject N10 Million Bribe, Arrest Suspected Drug Dealers In Lagos

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) turned down an N10 million bribe offered to free one Tsolaye Eburajolo. This comes as the operatives recovered 26,250,000 pills of tramadol and 508,400 bottles of codeine-based syrup, with a street value of N16,683,800,000, which were intercepted by NDLEA operatives during a 100% joint examination of…

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Canadian Lady Jailed For Importing Illicit Drugs 

A 41-year-old Canadian lady, Adrienne Munju, has been convicted and sentenced to 11 years imprisonment by a Federal High Court in Lagos for importing 74 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of synthetic cannabis weighing 35.20 kilograms into Nigeria. Director, Media and Advocacy, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, made…

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