80-year-old ex-convict arrested with 5.7kg hard drugs in Akwa Ibom

80-year-old ex-convict arrested with 5.7kg hard drugs in Akwa Ibom

…as NDLEA uncovers illicit drugs in full-body mannequins …dispatch rider, others nabbed; tons of illicit drugs recovered in raids across Edo, Akwa Ibom, Adamawa, Taraba, Niger, Oyo By Joe Udo UYO (CONVERSEER) – Barely three years after he was arrested, prosecuted and sentenced to two years imprisonment for dealing in illicit drugs, an 80-year-old grandpa,…

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Court dismisses NDLEA’s bid to strike out N500m defamation suit in Cross River

Court dismisses NDLEA’s bid to strike out N500m defamation suit in Cross River

By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar has dismissed a preliminary objection by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seeking to strike out a N500 million defamation suit filed against it by a sales representative of Drugfield Pharmaceuticals, Prince Fajulugbe Adeshola Temitayo. The ruling was delivered…

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NDLEA arrests 75-year-old grandpa, destroys 178,000kg skunk, intercepts 104,900 tramadol caps in fuel tanker

NDLEA arrests 75-year-old grandpa, destroys 178,000kg skunk, intercepts 104,900 tramadol caps in fuel tanker

By Joe Udo ABUJA (CONVERSEER) – A 75-year-old grandpa Uchelue was among six suspects arrested with illicit substances in raids by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in parts of Anambra state just as 30-year-old Alfa Andrew was taken into custody following the destruction of 178,750 kilogrammes of skunk on his 71.5…

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NDLEA intercepts cocaine in Saudi-bound religious books, arrests bandits, supplier with drugs in private part

A cocaine consignment consisting of 20 parcels with a total weight of 500grams and buried in the pages of the religious books was uncovered at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday 15th April 2025 when NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) were searching through export cargos going to Saudi…

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