Nigeria Drug Enforcement
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Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has been active in Anambra State, arresting 559 suspected drug offenders and securing 128 convictions in eleven months. The agency also busted a multi-billion-naira meth lab in Oyo State, arresting five suspects including a Mexican national. In Imo State, a community association partnered with the NDLEA and Navy for a drug awareness program.
NDLEA seizes cocaine worth N39bn, arrests two suspected cartel members
Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a massive cocaine shipment, seizing 184.5 kilograms valued at approximately N39 billion (about $27.7 million). The agency announced the seizure and the arrest of two individuals allegedly linked to an international drug trafficking syndicate. NDLEA Chairman Buba Marwa called the operation one of the agency's most significant in…
Stop destroying cannabis farms, wasting economic opportunities, Sowore tells NDLEA
Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has strongly criticized Nigeria's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for destroying cannabis farms in Edo State. Sowore argued that these actions are "id…
NDLEA Destroys N301bn Worth of Illicit Drugs Seized in Lagos, Warns Drug Barons, Financiers
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Nigeria has publicly destroyed 329,865.585 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs and psychotropic substances, with an estimated street value of N301.0…
Nigeria's NDLEA destroys 4.6 tonnes of cannabis farms in Edo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo State has successfully destroyed nearly 4.6 tonnes of suspected cannabis, seizing it from two plantations and arresting 10 suspects. The state C…
