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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

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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

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Nigeria, Egypt Move to Deepen Anti-Drug Alliance with Intelligence-Sharing Pact

Daily Dispatch July 14, 2026

Nigeria and Egypt are set to strengthen their partnership against illicit drug trafficking and substance abuse through a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will institutionalise intelligence sharing, joint operations and capacity building between the two countries’ anti-narcotics agencies. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law

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NDLEA arrests South African woman with 3-year-old son over heroin haul

Daily Dispatch July 12, 2026

….seizes N10.3bn cannabis shipment at Lagos port The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 38-year-old South African woman at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, for allegedly attempting to smuggle 5.75 kilogrammes of heroin into Nigeria while travelling with her three-year-old son, whom investigators said she used as a cover to