This followed the seizure of 8,381,600 capsules and tablets of Tramadol as well as 56,782 bottles of codeine.
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It also seized 7,059 bags of 50kg of foreign parboiled rice.
He gave the charge on Tuesday at a meeting with Directors, Zonal Commanders, State and Special Area Commanders
The National President of the Institute, Mallam Mukhtar Zubairu Sirajo, made this at the inaugural award ceremony of Spokesperson’s Communication Awards at Nicon Luxury Hotel in Abuja.
The 27-year-old Chioma Eze was arrested on Friday 17th Dec when operatives raided her store and home in Ojo area of Lagos while another suspect, Michael Oroke was also nabbed with 29kg of the illicit drug in the same location.
The military chiefs made the commitments when the Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retired) led a team of his management officers to pay them advocacy visit at their headquarters in Abuja on Thursday 16th December 2021.
The figure represents a portion of the over 1,000 traffickers that were jailed between January and November for drug offences.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Abuja.
Justice Uche Agomoh convicted Abiye on Friday following his plea of guilt and the evidence before court.
The defendant, who is unemployed, was arraigned on December 3 on a one-count charge of drug trafficking.
The NDLEA took Tajudeen to court on a one-count charge of drug trafficking,
The defendant was arraigned on Dec. 3, on a one-count charge of drug trafficking before Justice Ayokunle Faji and pleaded guilty to the charge.
Marwa gave the assurance on Wednesday 8th December during the handing over ceremony of a provisional detention facility equipped by the UK Border Force to the NDLEA.
Delivering judgment, Justice Uche Agomoh held that she convicted and sentenced Adegboye based on the evidence before her as well as the plea of guilt entered by the convict.
Isah Adoro, Commander of NDLEA, Ebonyi Command, made the remarks during a one-day security sensitisation campaign, organised by the National Orientation Agency (NOA) on Tuesday in Abakaliki.
A native of Nike in Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu state, Gabriel was arrested on Friday 26th November during an outward clearance of Turkish Airline at the boarding screening area of the airport enroute Abuja-Istanbul-Madrid.
The agency in a statement by its spokesman, Femi Babafemi explained what transpired between its personnel and the passenger at the airport.
The raids, across nine states and at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, was confirmed by the NDLEA.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Tukur, an Assistant Commander of Narcotics, works at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The Chairman, NDLEA, (retired) Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, speaking during the burning of the illicit drugs publicly in Abuja, said that the agency was experiencing a resurgence and was being retrofitted to operate at full capacity.