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NDLEA Busts Global Drug Cartel, Seizes ₦6.4bn Narcotics

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled an international drug cartel with networks across Nigeria, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates, arresting three kingpins and seizing narcotics worth over ₦6.4 billion. According to NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, the two-week operation began on August 26 at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, when officers intercepted 76 cartons of textile materials bound for Sydney, Australia. Hidden inside were 17.9kg of cocaine sewn into lace fabrics, alongside local charms allegedly meant to provide “spiritual cover” against detection. A freight agent, Olashupo Michael Oladimeji, was arrested first. Further investigations led to the capture of Muaezee Ademola Ogunbiyi, identified as the cartel’s Nigerian coordinator, and Shola Adegoke, another senior member. Ogunbiyi was arrested at a hotel in Ikeja GRA, with a search of his Lekki residence uncovering 21 […]

Abdulmumini Auwal SA September 7, 2025

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Nigeria

NDLEA Seizes Over 500,000 Opioid Pills in Raids Across Four States

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 502,280 opioid pills in coordinated raids across Nasarawa, Gombe, Kano, and Maiduguri, the agency announced on Sunday in Abuja. In a statement, NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, detailed the operations: Nasarawa State: A 36-year-old suspect was arrested at Abacha Park, Mararaba Karu, with 79,040 pills of tramadol and diazepam. In a separate operation in Lafia, a 47-year-old man was caught with 30,410 tramadol and Rohypnol pills, along with 38 bottles of codeine-based syrup concealed in a freezer from Asaba, Delta. Adamawa/Gombe: On August 27, a 23-year-old suspect was arrested in Ngorore following the interception of his waybilled consignment at Gombe Mega Park. The package contained 15,000 tramadol capsules hidden inside sacks of animal feed. Kano State: Two suspects were arrested along the Kano-Hadeja road on August 26 with […]

Abdulmumini Auwal SA August 31, 2025

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Nigeria

NDLEA Arrests Widow Who Faked Pregnancy to Traffic Cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 50-year-old widow, Mrs. Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike, for attempting to traffic 1.3kg of cocaine by disguising as a pregnant woman. Ezewuike, a fashion designer and mother of one who runs Golden Star Creation in Ago Palace Way, Okota, Lagos, was intercepted on Friday, August 22, 2025, at a bus terminal in Jibowu, Yaba, while trying to deliver the drugs to customers in Abuja. A search of her residence led to the recovery of 200 grams of cutting agents used in processing cocaine. She confessed to taking over the illicit trade after her husband’s death two years ago, despite running her fashion business for nearly two decades. The NDLEA said her arrest was part of nationwide operations that led to several seizures and arrests: Lagos: 48.6kg of Loud (high-grade cannabis) hidden in […]

Abdulmumini Auwal SA August 25, 2025

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7-Year Manhunt Ends: NDLEA Nabs Wanted Drug Kingpin with 11.6kg of Cocaine, Meth

The Fall of a Narcotics Kingpin In a major victory for Nigeria's war on drugs, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has captured 60-year-old Okpara Paul Chigozie, a wanted drug lord evading authorities since 2019. The arrest came during a dawn raid at his Lagos hideout on July 13, 2025, as he prepared to distribute: ⚫ 11.6kg of cocaine and methamphetamine⚫ Destined for Southeast Nigeria and beyond Operation Breakdown 🕔 5:45 AM: NDLEA intercepts drug courier Achebe Kenneth Nnamdi (51) along Apapa-Oshodi Expressway📍 72 Michael Ojo Street, Isheri: Kingpin's hideout stormed hours later🚗 White Toyota Sienna: Vehicle used for interstate drug runs to Onitsha "This network has been poisoning our communities for years," an NDLEA spokesperson stated. Why This Bust Matters ✅ Disrupts major narcotics supply chain to Southeast✅ First major arrest in NDLEA's 2025 nationwide crackdown✅ 7 years of intelligence culminates in takedown By the Numbers 📅 2019: Okpara first placed on wanted list⏳ 7 years: Length of manhunt⚖️ 11.6kg: Hard drugs recovered (street value: ₦500 million+) What's Next? […]

Ahmad July 20, 2025

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Lifestyle

Anambra Police Bust Drug Ring: Female Dealer, 5 Others Nabbed with Hard Substances in Midnight Raid

Anambra Drug Crackdown: Special Squad Arrests Six in Pre-Dawn Raid Anambra Police Command has dismantled a drug network, arresting 32-year-old female dealer Chinyere Onwuka and five male accomplices during a midnight operation in Isuaniocha, Awka North LGA. The raid by the Special Cultism Squad recovered "large quantities" of suspected cannabis and other illicit substances. Suspects & Operation Details Female Ringleader: Chinyere Onwuka (32) Male Accomplices: John Kennedy Onwuka (36) Chidiebere Onyeze (30) Echeazu Nonso (35) Osita Chukwu Chialuka (21) Nnebedum Wisdom (25) Operation Trigger: Credible intelligence on drug distribution hub Location: Isuaniocha community, known for cult-related violence Police Warning: "Drugs Are Crime Oxygen" Commissioner of Police Ikioye Orutugu condemned the surge in youth drug abuse: "These substances fuel cultism, armed robbery, and social decay. We’re intensifying advocacy through POCACOV to rescue our youth."Next Steps: Suspects transferred to NDLEA Awka for prosecution and further investigation. POCACOV: Anambra’s […]

Ahmad May 31, 2025

Nigeria

4 Drug Kingpins Bag 95 Years In Jail, Forfeit Vehicles, Others

Four drug kingpins: Ogbuji Christian Ifeanyi; Iloduba Augustine Chinonye; Shuaibu Nuhu Isa (a.k.a Don) and Zidon Zurga, have been convicted and sentenced to a total of 95 years in prison by the Federal High Court in Lagos and Yola, Adamawa State over trafficking of cocaine and skunk worth over N4.6 billion. Ogbuji was intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, during an inward clearance of Ethiopian Airlines flight passengers from Addis Ababa to Lagos, for importing 817 wraps of cocaine weighing 19.40 kilograms with an estimated street value of Four Billion Six Hundred and Fifty-Six Million Naira (N4,656,000,000.00). That was barely 16 months after the 48-year-old businessman was arrested and convicted for ingesting 93 pellets of cocaine. He was first arrested at […]

Ahmad March 7, 2025

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Nigeria

Affter 17 Years On The Run, NDLEA Apprehends Wanted Notorious Drug Baron In Lagos

After 17 years of hiding in the dark to ship illicit drugs worth billions of naira across the world, the reign of a wanted 59-year-old drug baron, Ogbonnaya Kevin Jeff, has been brought to a halt following his arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at his hideout in Ojo area of Lagos. Chairman/chief executive officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), who disclosed this at a press briefing in Abuja on Monday, detailed how operatives of the agency’s Special Operations Unit had been on the trail of Ogbonnaya following an Interpol red notice against him and information from the National Intelligence Service of South Korea. According to Marwa: “The major development that warranted this special briefing pertains to the arrest of a drug lord who’s wanted across the world as the leader of […]

Ahmad March 6, 2025

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