Category: Crime

No fewer than 175,000 bottles of codeine shipment from India en route to Enugu State has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Friday, barely one week after it seized a similar shipment in Rivers State. This is just as the anti-narcotics agency arrested a Nigerian for concealing drugs in pesticide tanks and 19 others in multiple raids across the country. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, added that the NDLEA Directorate of Operations and General Investigation…

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A groom-to-be and his friends who were at one of the clubs in Akure, the Ondo State capital, have been arrested alongside 127 other persons suspected to be internet fraudsters, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, operatives at the weekend. Security personnel raided two nightclubs in the metropolis, arresting the groom alongside other suspected fraudsters who were there for a bachelor’s eve. Vehicles, telephones, and laptops belonging to the fun-seekers were reportedly confiscated during the early morning sting operation. Some protesters stormed major streets in Akure metropolis, expressing…

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Suspects preparing to ingest 200 wraps of cocaine have been apprehended by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Wednesday in a hotel. The operation, based on intelligence, targeted individuals attempting to smuggle drugs to Saudi Arabia for the ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared the information via his X account on Thursday, along with a video showing the intercepted contraband. Sharing a video, he wrote, “Caught in the Act: They were preparing to swallow 200 wraps of cocaine ahead of…

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Policemen in Lagos State have arrested two members of a syndicate specialised in the killing of e-hailing drivers and profiting from the sales of the vehicles stolen from their victims. The arrested members include Roqib Moshood and an alleged accomplice, Olawale Kolawole. It was learnt that efforts were on to arrest other fleeing gang members, including Yusuf Adeyemi, who, alongside Moshood, allegedly killed an e-hailing driver, Oluwaseun Adeniran, dumped his corpse by the roadside and stole his vehicle. A source who spoke on the condition of anonymity said the suspects…

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A 70-year-old grandfather has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, with 57.2kg of cannabis in Nasarawa State and also seized over N2.1bn codeine-based syrup and Loud -a synthetic cannabis strain, at the Port Harcourt seaports and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. Also arrested by the anti-drug operatives were two suspects with 426kg of cannabis in Ekiti State. The developments were made known on Sunday in a statement signed by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi. The anti-narcotics agency also made…

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Two robbery suspects have reportedly injured themselves when they attempted to run away after being arraigned before an Ibadan Magistrate Court, Iyaganku. The two suspects have been in Agodi Correctional Centre since 2023 where they are awaiting trial. It was gathered that the suspects jumped from a two-storey building and landed on the hard concrete downstairs thereby sustaining life-threatening injuries. Though, they didn’t die on the spot, a source at the scene said that one of the suspects might not make it as he reportedly landed on the concrete breaking…

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Four soldiers and 13 other persons have been arrested by the Police in Rivers State for alleged armed robbery, hijacking of food trucks and diverting them to other locations. The police said among those also arrested in the criminal act was a member of the syndicate and operative of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps. The spokesperson for the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday. Iringe-Koko said the feat followed a thorough investigation after the policemen made an initial arrest for suspected…

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Students of the Niger Delta University, Yenagoa, were among the seven persons found dead inside a music studio on Tuesday morning after inhaling what is suspected to be generator fumes. It was gathered that the music studio along Transformer Road in the Amarata area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, was operated by one of the deceased identified as Akpos Barakubo. The deceased were said to be working in the studio on Monday night but fell asleep due to exhaustion without putting off the generator resulting in the sad incident.…

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Bandits have reportedly kidnapped about 20 residents of Dawaki, a community near Kubwa in the Federal Capital Territory. The attackers were said to have raided houses on Frank Opara Street before security operatives responded to distress calls. The Chairman of Dawaki Rock Heaven Community, Tunde Abdulrahim, who spoke to newsmen on Monday, said the incident happened at about 7.30pm on Sunday. Abdulrahim said the armed men, numbering about 50, invaded the community and broke into about six houses. Commenting on the attack, the FCT police spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said…

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