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NDLEA Hunts Down Fugitive Drug Kingpin After 10 Years

Daily Dispatch July 27, 2026

..Ex-International Footballer Jailed in Cocaine Bust In a dramatic conclusion to a decade-long manhunt, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured a combined 24-year jail term against a fugitive drug kingpin who evaded justice for nearly 10 years and a former international

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NDLEA Intercepts N10bn Worth of Cocaine

Daily Dispatch July 26, 2026

….Loud, Opioids at Lagos Ports, Arrests Drug Kingpins The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted illicit drugs valued at over N10 billion in a series of coordinated operations across Lagos and other parts of the country, arresting suspected drug kingpins and recovering military-grade ammunition concealed in kegs of palm oil. The seizures,

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Marwa Warns Traditional Rulers After Discovery of Drug Cartels’ Meth Labs in Southwest Forests

Daily Dispatch July 25, 2026

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), has called on traditional rulers, parents and community leaders to take ownership of Nigeria’s war against drug abuse and illicit trafficking, warning that criminal drug syndicates are increasingly exploiting rural communities and forests for illegal

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NDLEA intercepts 1.63m tramadol pills, arrests 80-year-old grandpa

Daily Dispatch July 19, 2026

…Nabs businesswoman, Chadian, couple, others in Edo, Kogi, Rivers operations The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted two trailers conveying a total of 1.63 million pills of tramadol 250mg concealed in fabricated compartments and destined for Kano State, as the agency intensified its crackdown on a transnational drug trafficking syndicate operating

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NDLEA, Copyright Commission Join Forces to Dismantle Drug, Piracy Criminal Networks

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2026

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) have entered into a strategic partnership to jointly target criminal networks operating across the drug trade, copyright piracy and other forms of organised crime. The two agencies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the NDLEA headquarters in Abuja on Friday, in […]

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NDLEA Declares Four Suspected Drug Syndicate Members Wanted

Daily Dispatch July 17, 2026

…Freezes N9.8bn, Seizes Multi-Billion Naira Assets The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared four suspected members of a major drug trafficking syndicate wanted over their alleged roles in operating a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory and laundering proceeds from the illicit drug trade. The suspects identified by the agency are Nnamuka Kelvin