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25.5kg cocaine seizure: Court orders detention of vessel, 21 crew members + videos

Daily Dispatch December 17, 2025

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured an order of the Federal High Court in Lagos to detain a commodity vessel, its captain and 20 other crew members following the seizure of 25.5 kilograms of cocaine concealed in the ship’s hatch at the Apapa Seaport. Operatives of the

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NDLEA intercepts drugs hidden in black soap, clothing bound for US, Canada, Sweden

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted multiple consignments of illicit drugs ingeniously concealed in containers of local black soap and designer clothing, with the shipments destined for the United States, Canada and Sweden. The agency said no fewer than 907 pills of controlled substances, including tramadol, tapentadol, cocodamol, amitriptyline

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Fleeing bandits’ drug supplier ‘Gamboli’ arrested in Niger

Daily Dispatch December 14, 2025

….As NDLEA Mother and Child over 1,187 kilogrammes skunk seizure in Ondo Three weeks after escaping arrest at his home in Anguwan Makera, Kuta, Shiroro local government area of Niger state, a notorious supplier of illicit drugs to bandits operating in the area, 33-year-old Mohammed Sani (alias Gamboli) has been arrested by operatives of the […]

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7.6 million tramadol pills, 76,273kg Colorado, skunk seized in Delta, Imo, Adamawa raids

Daily Dispatch December 7, 2025

. As NDLEA destroys illicit drug warehouses in Ekiti, Ondo forests In series of intelligence-led operations across the country, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recovered over 7.6 million pills of tramadol and a total of 76,273.4 kilograms of different strains of cannabis including Colorado, Loud and Skunk with several members […]

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Drug war: NCWS commends President Tinubu, Marwa, seeks collaboration with NDLEA

Daily Dispatch December 4, 2025

The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) Nigeria has commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu over the reappointment of Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) as Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for another term of five years, a decision the Council says will further strengthen and consolidate the ongoing effort against […]

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NDLEA uncovers illicit drugs packaged as Christmas cookies, arrests distributors in Lagos

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2025

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have dismantled a social media network used to distribute illicit substances packaged as imported Christmas cookies and snacks. The two masterminds of the initiative were also arrested and taken into custody after a raid on their hideout in Lekki area of Lagos. A statement on Sunday […]