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No Hiding Place As NDLEA Arrests Fugitive Drug Lord Wanted In UK, Nigeria For 15 Years

March 4, 2026 0

In a significant blow to international drug trafficking networks, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 58-year-old fugitive drug lord Uzoma Valentine Ilomuanya who has been on the wanted list of NDLEA and British authorities for over 15 years.

How Brazil Returnee Nigerian Turned Her Private Part To Warehouse Cocaine

February 1, 2026 0

A Brazil based Nigerian businessman Uche Franklin Onyekwere has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja-Lagos for concealing parcels of cocaine in his private part and soles of his footwear.

NDLEA Arrests Female Drug Kingpin In Lagos With 23.50kg Cocaine

December 21, 2025 0

Twenty months after a cocaine trafficking cartel led by a couple: Bolanle Lookman Dauda and Olayinka Toheebat Dauda was smashed in Lagos and Ogun state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with multi-billion-naira worth of the illicit drug recovered from them, another leader of the syndicate Shodunke Yetunde Simbiat who went underground since

Four Drug Barons To Spend 28 Years In Prison …Convicted For 2.1 Tons Cocaine Seizure

December 26, 2024 0

Four drug kingpins arrested in connection with the historic seizure of 2,139.55 kilograms of cocaine at an Ikorodu residential estate in 2022 have been convicted by a Federal High Court, Lagos.