The prosecutor, Mr Augustine Nwagu, also an NDLEA official, told the court that the accused persons committed the alleged offences between January and March 8
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He said: “I’m a pastor with Gospel Faith Mission International, Olayemi Assembly, Ipaya Lagos. I attended a minister’s conference in Uganda. This bag where heroin was found is my bag but I’m pastor and not a drug trafficker
Aliyu Adole, the state Commandant of the NDLEA, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday that the command re-arrested Ibrahim of Karofin Bolari Quarters, Gombe, after she was released on bail by the Federal High Court, Gombe
The statement said 16 of the suspects were apprehended at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, while four others, including a Ghanaian, were caught at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu
He said: “The suspect was found in possession of four blue parcels of white powdery substance that tested positive for cocaine weighing 5.345kg.
The alleged ringleader of the crisis allegedly led a gang on a reprisal against some operatives of the NDLEA.
Okasanmi said the NDLEA operatives were part of the team that raided marijuana smokers’ spot at Idi-Ape-Baruba area on Friday
Omidina explained that he was at the office of the drug enforcement agency and was eating well but did not go to the toilet the evening he got there except the following day and he was to be held for three days, which he accepted but was later prolonged because of the media that created the impression he had bribed the agency
The lady, who said she used to buy and sell clothes, added: “I’ve lived in Spain for about a decade. I came back to Nigeria because of financial hardship. I love to go back to Spain and I do not have enough money. This was how I found myself in drug trafficking
Mackindoshi and four Nigerians – Eneh Chinedu Innocent, found with 1.534kg of cocaine; Nzube-chukwu Amaizu John, ingested 1.349kg of cocaine; Okafor Onyeka Obiajulu, found in possession of 1.642kg of cocaine; and Udechukwu Pascal Onyeka, who was arrested with 1.148kg of cocaine – were all arrested at that same airportju
My friend in China gave me N100,000 to take a bag to China. The last time I travelled to China, he assisted me. When he gave me the money to take the bag containing gala to China, I thought he was doing me a favour. I never knew he was digging my grave. After my arrest, I felt bad and regretted my action
The Kano State Command of the NDLEA apprehended Martins and one ThankGod Obums, 35, also an ex-convict, as they attempted to smuggle dried weeds, which tested positive for cannabis sativa
The shipment was intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja during the outward screening of an Ethiopian Airline flight. The NDLEA spokesman, Mitchel Ofoyeju, said: “The suspected substances hidden in his luggage were field tested and found to be methamphetamine weighing 17.700kg and ephedrine weighing 19.150kg with an estimated monetary value of 120 million naira
The suspect, Okonkwo Isaac Ekemezie, 51, a Nigerian based in Johannesburg, South Africa, was alleged to be attempting to smuggle 36.850kg of narcotic drugs to South Africa
Ofoyeju said the suspects comprised 118 males and 11 females, while 436.065 kg of drugs estimated at about N2. 9 billion was seized from them
The Agency has also graduated 255 senior officers in Basic Course 14 for 2015, with 43 women to reduce the spread of violence in some parts of the country, which has led to loss of lives and damage to property and rising number of displaced persons
The convict, a resident of Satellite Town in Lagos State, was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on a charge of dealing in illicit drug
Preliminary investigation carried out by NDLEA agents revealed that he was an impersonator
The woman, whom the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency refused to disclose her name for security reasons, was arrested at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos State in possession of bottles of Alomo bitters filled with substances that tested positive to cannabis
While the increase in arrest is an indicator that operatives of the NDLEA are becoming more vigilant in arresting drug traffickers, it also highlights the fact that drug traffickers are not learning lessons from the arrest of others
Igwenagu told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abakaliki that the command also seized 1.6 tons of drugs within the period under review