Drug trafficking

The Federal Government of Nigeria has partnered with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to combat the escalating challenges of drug trafficking and reduce drug-related crimes and other illicit activities. The Honourable…

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted 181.3Kg of hard drugs in Sokoto State. Sokoto State NDLEA Commander, Iro Adamu Muhammad, who stated this while addressing journalists in his office in…

The Kwara State Government has commenced a statewide operation in partnership with the State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to rid the state of drug and substance abuse. Dubbed "Operation Gbalumo", the…

Singapore has executed a man, Tangaraju Suppiah, convicted of drug trafficking despite pleas from his relatives and activists for clemency. Kokila Annamalai, a Singapore-based rights activist representing the family, confirmed Suppiah…

The Nigeria government and India have agreed to exchange intelligence to tackle drug trafficking syndicates between the two countries. They also agreed to strengthen the capacity of officers of Nigeria's Anti-narcotic agencies…

The Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in Nigeria, Brig. Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has tasked officers and men of the anti-narcotic agency to make it difficult for drug barons, traffickers and cartels to…

The National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency NDLEA has arrested Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Ijero local government area of Ekiti state, Babatunde Babade, 45, along with two others Ilesanmi Shola, 35, and…

The Nigerian Government has called for well-coordinated international cooperation to tackle the links between drug trafficking and all forms of organised crime like terrorism. The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law…

A suspected fake security agent, Basiru Ibrahim, who specializes in trafficking illicit drugs from Benin Republic through Lagos to Sokoto State, has been arrested by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA with…

The trial of an alleged Honduran drug-trafficker, whose case implicates Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez and other high-ranking officials, is getting under way in the Southern District of New York on Monday. Geovanny Fuentes…