The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made the disclosure in a statement issued to newsmen.
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The spokesperson of the command and a Superintendent of Police, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development.
Six suspects were arrested with illicit substances, including cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, skunk, and tramadol, recovered.
The illicit drugs were recovered nationwide during raids and operations in Lagos, Niger, Edo, Anambra, Ondo, and Kano States
The State Commander, Mr Samaila Danmalam, disclosed this on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, during the command’s end-of-year press briefing in Katsina.
The lady, a 48-year-old Beninoise, Josu Leocardi, was nabbed by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement he issued to newsmen on Sunday.
Following credible intelligence about his illicit drug activities, NDLEA operatives had on November 20, 2025 raided his house.
So also did the operatives arrest two masterminds who were taken into custody after a raid on their hideout in the Lekki area, Lagos.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement he issued to newsmen on Sunday.
The 35-year-old Lesotho national was nabbed by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on October 22, 2025.
One of the shipments recovered by the operatives of the NDLEA from the courier companies was 1.74 kg of methamphetamine from blocks of glass ceramics.
While Michael was nabbed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos State, the 40ft container was recovered at the Onne Port in Rivers State.
The arrest of the 33-year-old Umeh was part of the major breakthroughs recorded by the anti-narcotics agency in its illicit drug elimination moves in the past week.
The Chinese was arrested by operatives of the NDLEA at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State on July 25, 2025.
According to the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, operatives also embarked on enlightenment advocacy.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement he issued to newsmen on Sunday on the operations.
The Director of Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made the revelations in a statement he issued to newsmen on Sunday.
According to available information, the Italy-bound man was arrested in the early hours of June 14, 2025 after boarding a flight operated by Air France.
The interceptions by operatives were spotlighted as part of the achievements of the anti-narcotic agency, which was made available to newsmen on Sunday.