NEWS

NDLEA Busts UK Colos Pipeline

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2026

…Seizes 2.3 Tonnes of Drugs …Real estate agent, 70-year-old woman, others arrested as traffickers hide opioids in bread, music speakers The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled multiple drug trafficking networks operating across eight states, intercepting

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49.7kg Heroin: NDLEA Arrests Fugitive Drug Kingpin After Two Years on the Run

Daily Dispatch September 9, 2026

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested and repatriated Festus Ibewuike, alias Chidibest Ibewuike, a suspected drug kingpin who had been on the run for more than two years following the seizure of 49.7 kilogrammes of heroin at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. Ibewuike, 52, was arrested at the airport in […]

BUSINESS

2,145kg Cannabis: NNPC Disowns Drug-Laden Tanker

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2026

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.) has denied ownership of a fuel tanker intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ondo State with 2,145 kilogrammes of cannabis concealed in a secret compartment. The 20,000-litre tanker, with registration number MKA 960 XC, was intercepted along the Akoko/Lokoja Expressway on Friday,

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Herbal Tea Merchant Arrested Over Cocaine Shipments to Saudi Arabia

Daily Dispatch September 6, 2026

….as NDLEA Busts Drug Network Across Nine States The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a convicted cocaine trafficker who allegedly reinvented himself as a herbal tea businessman while masterminding illicit drug shipments to Saudi Arabia. The suspect, 34-year-old Dunu Bethel Ebubechukwu, was arrested in a sting operation at Article Market,

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Marwa Charges NDLEA Investigators to Dismantle Financial Structures of Drug Cartels

Daily Dispatch September 2, 2026

The Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig. Gen.Buba Marwa (Retd.), has charged investigators and prosecutors of the agency to intensify efforts at tracing, seizing and recovering the proceeds and instrumentalities of narcotics trafficking, saying the war against drug cartels can no longer be won through arrests and drug seizures

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NDLEA Busts N6.2bn International Drug Pipeline

Daily Dispatch August 30, 2026

….Seizes ‘Jihadi Drug’ Hidden in Ghana Soap, 3.9m Opioid Pills The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered a major international drug trafficking operation spanning Africa, Europe and Asia, intercepting illicit consignments worth more than N6.2 billion in Lagos while arresting a suspected cross-border kingpin and several other traffickers. The