The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered and dismantled another industrial-scale clandestine methamphetamine laboratory hidden deep inside a forest in Oyo State, arresting a Mexican national and four Nigerian collaborators in what authorities described as a major blow against an emerging transnational drug manufacturing network. The discovery was made at Tapa Village in …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday publicly destroyed 25,807.192 kilograms of illicit drugs in Imo State, marking the first time such an exercise has been conducted in Owerri. The destroyed narcotics included 2,319 litres of codeine-based cough syrup and 24,945.302 kilograms of cannabis sativa. Other substances destroyed were 29.65 kilograms of methamphetamine, …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two elderly men, aged 84 and 75, over their alleged involvement in selling illicit drugs to secondary school students in Umuahia, Abia State, in what the agency described as part of its intensified nationwide crackdown on drug trafficking and abuse. The suspects, identified as 84-year-old Godfrey …
A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted 11 Indian sailors and their merchant vessel, MV Aruna Hulya, over the importation of 31.5 kilograms of cocaine into Nigeria through the Apapa Seaport, imposing fines and restitution amounting to more than $6 million. The conviction comes barely six months after operatives of the National Drug Law …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has again intercepted large consignments of opioids concealed in building materials, arrested a 75-year-old suspect in Ebonyi State, and dismantled multiple drug rings across several states. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the operations in a statement on Sunday, noted that coordinated intelligence-led …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered consignments of illicit drugs concealed inside water purifier machines shipped from the Netherlands to Lagos, as part of a series of operations that led to major drug seizures and arrests across the country. The agency said its operatives intercepted the shipment at a courier company in …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered consignments of high-potency illicit drugs concealed inside water purifier machines imported from Europe, while also intercepting a cache of military-grade ammunition and arresting multiple suspects in separate operations across the country. The agency said the discoveries were made through intelligence-led operations, routine surveillance and highway interdiction …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intensified its crackdown on international drug trafficking syndicates with the arrest of a 63-year-old Chinese woman at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, and the interception of illicit drugs worth over N2.1 billion smuggled into Nigeria from India. The agency also arrested suspects at the Abuja and …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled a major transnational methamphetamine syndicate involving Nigerian and Mexican nationals, in what authorities described as one of the biggest anti-narcotics operations in the country’s history. The operation led to the discovery and shutdown of a massive clandestine meth laboratory hidden deep inside a forest in the …
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered and dismantled a major drug trafficking operation in Lagos, seizing tramadol and codeine consignments valued at over ₦16.9 billion. The raid, which took place on April 17, 2026, followed coordinated intelligence that led officers to three warehouses hidden in a residential estate in the …
