Tag: NDLEA
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NDLEA Arrests Man With $4.7m Counterfeit Cash In Abuja
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted fake $4.7 million cash from Abuja. In a statement issued on Sunday, the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said operatives of the agency had in the early hours of Friday, February 18 stopped a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja at the Abaji area of…
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Despite Probe Over Drug Offences, Abba Kyari Should Be Extradited To US Fraud Allegation — Lawyer Inibehe Effiong
A human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, has said that the Federal Government should not allow the alleged drug crimes linked to suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police and Head, Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force, Abba Kyari, stop his extradition to the United States. Effiong said this on Monday during his appearance on…
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How Police Investigation Linked Suspended DCP Abba Kyari, 4 Others To Drug Cartel Before Arrest
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested DCP Abba Kyari and four other police officers for their involvement in an alleged case of criminal conspiracy, discreditable, unethical, and unprofessional conduct, official corruption and tampering with exhibits in a case of illicit drug trafficking involving a perpetual transnational drug cartel. The arrest of the officers was…
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Alleged Drug Offences: NDLEA Declares DCP Abba Kyari Wanted
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday declared suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari wanted over alleged links with an international drug cartel. The decision came amidst the Hupsshippi scandal. The Spokesperson of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, made the announcement during short press conference held in its Headquarters. Details shortly. 152
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Indian Businessman Arrested For Smuggling 134,700 Bottles Of Codeine Syrup Into Nigeria
An Indian businessman, Vyapak Nutal, has been taken into custody for interrogation by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, over the smuggling of 134,700 bottles of Codeine syrup into the country through the land border between Nigeria and the Niger Republic in Sokoto State. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement…
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Marwa Seeks Mandatory Drug Test On University Students
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) has asked all tertiary institutions in Nigeria to make drug integrity tests an institutional policy for both new and returning students as part of efforts to fight the menace of drug abuse among Nigerian youths. Gen. Marwa who…
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NDLEA seizes 1.5m tablets of tramadol going to Kebbi, Kano at Lagos Airport,
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo State on Friday, intercepted about 1.5 million tablets of tramadol loaded in Onitsha, Anambra state and heading to Yauri, Kebbi State, same day the agency recovered 425,000 Diazepam tablets at Segemu, Kano. The Director, Media and Advocacy of the NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi…