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NDLEA spokesperson

November 23, 2025

NDLEA busts six drug syndicates, seizes meth, cocaine at Lagos airport

Mr Marwa said the agency had decided to launch a relentless offensive on drug trafficking cartels across the nation.

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
September 21, 2025

Two Brazil returnees excreted 116 wraps of heroin, cocaine at Lagos airport: NDLEA 

Mr Babafemi said they were excreted after days in observatory custody following their arrest by operatives of the NDLEA at the Lagos airport.

cocaine used to illustrate the story
March 17, 2024

Over three tons of cannabis destroyed in Edo forest: NDLEA

A statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said the substances were on 1.577683 hectares of farmland.

Cannabis (Credit: adf.org)
March 17, 2024

NDLEA intercepts drug consignments in car compartments, recovers 426,888 pills of tramadol

Mr Babafemi said NDLEA operatives in Adamawa on Wednesday, March 13, arrested two wanted suspects.

NDLEA
January 28, 2024

NDLEA intercepts 599,900 tramadol pills from Pakistan

Mr Babafemi said the NDLEA operatives at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, recovered the drugs.

Tramadol used to illustrate the story
January 21, 2024

NDLEA seizes Europe-bound drugs concealed in tin 

He said the suspect attempted to transport the illicit substance through two of his friends.

NDLEA
August 6, 2023

India-bound ‘couple’ excretes 184 wraps of cocaine in Lagos

Mr Babafemi said the drugs weighed 3.322 kg, while another 100 grammes were concealed in the woman’s private part.

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)
August 6, 2023

57,450 pills of tramadol, Rohypnol, others intercepted in Abuja: NDLEA

NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said 4,082 bottles of codeine-based syrup were also recovered from a suspect, Joseph Usman.

Confiscated drugs
July 23, 2023

NDLEA arrests drug lord, mule with 93 cocaine wraps in Lagos

Mr Babafemi explained that the drug lord was preparing a recruited courier to swallow 93 pellets of cocaine meant for distribution in Italy.

NDLEA operatives