Nigerian News Leader
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By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have raided a relaxation centre, popularly called garden in Abuja and arrested six persons for selling drug cookies and noodles.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief) @CeleOkaf11
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, with the support of the Akwa Ibom State governor, Udom Emmanuel, will on 7th and 8th February 2022, host a 2-day Conference and Retreat for Senior Police Officers comprising Deputy Inspectors General of Police (DIGs), Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs) and Commissioners of Police, and other Heads of Police Formations, in the city of Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State Capital.
By Danjuma Williams (Gombe State Correspondent)
Authorities in Gombe State have waded in to forestall law and order following pandemonium caused after a Police Inspector shot a tanker driver at a checkpoint on Gombe - Dukku - Darazo road.
By Sharon Ngozi Nwabiani (Senior Correspondent, in Lagos)
The family of late Simon Nnadozie has appealed to the Nigerian Police Force to intensify efforts in the search and rescue of their son, David Nnadozie (junior) who has been missing since Sunday, January 2, 2022, a day after the New Year.
By Mahmud Isa Yola
Apparently, there are people who are hell-bent on peddling a false binary on the arrest of popular skit maker D-General by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in the wee hours of Wednesday in Lagos.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
About one million, five hundred thousand tablets and capsules of pharmaceutical opioids such as Tramadol, Exol-5 and Diazepam loaded in Onitsha, Anambra state and heading to Yauri, Kebbi state have been intercepted in Edo state by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, on Friday, January 14, 2022, decorated twenty-five (25) newly promoted Senior Police Officers at the Goodluck Jonathan Peacekeeping Centre, Force Headquarters, Abuja.
By David Odama
Unknown gunmen, on Thursday night, kidnapped four students of the Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), in the early hours of Wednesday, January 12, 2022, arrested a skit maker, Sunday Joshua, popularly known on social media as 'De-General', following the raid of a notorious drug joint at Orchid Estate, Lekki area of Lagos state.
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
The Nigeria Police Force has informed that the online registration in the ongoing 2021 recruitment exercise for interested and eligible Nigerians into the service of the Nigeria Police Force as Police Constables, has been extended to Saturday, January 22, 2022.
* As Brazil Returnee Excretes Cocaine Pellets At Enugu Airport
By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief)
A 76-year-old grandfather, Osagie Robert, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo state where a suspected fake security agent, Godwin Ilevbare, a.k.a Edwin Agbon, was also arrested for importing drug chocolates and cookies from Canada into Nigeria to sell.
By Agency Reporter
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it arrested a total of 272 suspects and seized 339.81kg of hard drugs in Akwa Ibom in 2021.
The State Commander of NDLEA, Mrs. Obot Bassey, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the activities of the agency in Uyo on Friday.
Giving the breakdown, Bassey said the suspects comprised of 233 males and 39 females, while the hard drugs seized were 311.2477kg of cannabis Sativa, 1.2581kg of cocaine, 0.2882kg heroin, 0.0545kg of meth, and 26.970kg of psychotropic substance.
She said the command also convicted 39 persons made up of 37 males and two females, with a maximum sentence of seven years imprisonment.
“Of spectacular note was the seizure of 1.2kg of cocaine in Akwa Ibom State, being the highest seizure in 18 years. The hard drug prevalent in the state is cannabis Sativa, locally referred to as “ikongekpo’. There are also cases of abuse of psychotropic substances, such as tramadol, diazepam, codeine, Rohypnol, exol 5 among others,” Bassey said.
She warned that the ingestion of the drugs increases the number of chemicals, known as dopamine in the brain, which distorts reality, gives poor judgment, and can result in mental illness.
Bassey explained that crystal meth addiction in particular, was the most difficult to treat, which she said causes irregular heartbeats, irregular body temperature, violent behavior, and even death.
The commander said the agency would continue to ensure that the state is free from hard drugs, and warned drug addicts to desist from such acts, as the command would not spare anyone caught. (Source: NAN). NNL.
