The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Edo said it had arrested two suspected drug peddlers for allegedly smuggling cannabis in Etsako area of the state.
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has uncovered 340 million Tramadol tablets in 12 containers at the Apapa port in Lagos.
A hit-and-run driver has killed one Ogbennewo Oluwanifemi, an officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency of Jigawa command.
Olugbade Olagunju, the Secretary, NURTW in FCT, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
The National Coordinator, Comptroller-General of Customs Strike Force, Abdullahi Kirawa, a Deputy Comptroller of Customs, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Benin on Thursday.
As part of efforts to address cases of drug abuse in Gombe State, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has set up a committee on drug control.
The Commander of the agency in the state, Yakubu Kibo, disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria in Yola on Wednesday.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP. Magaji Majiya, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Tuesday.
Both defendants pleaded not guilty to possessing the substance which is said to be psychotropic.
“Skrushy” is a cocktail drink that contains mixture of different hard drugs including cannabis sativa, codeine, tramadol and watermelon.
Joshephine Obi, the agency’s Commander in the state who confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Tuesday, said the exercise took place on Sept. 6 in Dutse.
Speaking during the exercise in Akure, the Chief Executive of NDLEA, retired Col. Muhammad Mustapha, said drug trafficking and abuse were not abating.
The agency said that the action was to check drug trafficking and the use and sales of abusive substances.
The state NDLEA’s commandant, Aliyu Adole, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Gombe on Friday.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Niger Command has seized 18kg of hemp and arrested two suspected drug traffickers in remote areas of the state.
Nasir Ahmad, the Customs Comptroller in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara states, performed the handover ceremony on Tuesday, saying that the items were seized on Saturday at Kamba border in Kebbi.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Lagos State Command, says it is prosecuting 108 suspects for various drug offences, and has so far secured 83 convictions between January and July.
This was announced by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Crusoe Osagie, after an emergency security meeting between the governor and security chiefs in Benin on Monday.
In Ikere-Ekiti, home town of the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Prof. Olusola Kolapo, there was heavy security presence, with personnel of the police and NSCDC keeping vigil on the fringes of polling units.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has promoted a total of 1,311 staff.