What is a city without crime? thisislagos descends into the Lagos underground to search out the baddest guys committing the craziest crimes in LasGidi. EFCC nabs 45 suspected internet fraudsters in Lagos (Vanguard) Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of…
NDLEA arrests 1,016 drugs suspects in Kano State, seizes 9 tons of illicit drugs
NDLEA arrested 1,016 suspects and seized nine tons of illicit drugs in Kano State in 2023. Commandant of the agency in Kano State, Mr Abubakar Idris-Ahmad, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kano that suspects arrested…
Texas man sentenced to 3 years in prison for smuggling cocaine in cheese
A Texas man has been sentenced to just over three years in prison after being convicted of smuggling cocaine into the United States by hiding the drug in wheels of cheese. Aaron Balderrama, 23, told U.S. Customs and Border Protection…
NDLEA arrests 103 suspects, seize 1, 458.709Kg drugs in Kaduna
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kaduna State Command , says its operatives have arrested 103 suspects and seized 1,458. 709Kg of illicit drug in the state. The state NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Samaila Danmallam told the…
White powder at White House identified as cocaine, prompts probe
A suspicious white powder found at the White House over the weekend has been identified as cocaine, according to United States media outlets. The powder was discovered by Secret Service agents in a publicly accessible area of the West Wing…
Drug suspect not advertising practitioner – ARCON
The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) says that a drug suspect arrested with 14.4 kg of cocaine at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport is not a practitioner. This is contained in a statement signed by the Director-General of ARCON,…
Brutal jail where drug smuggling Brit gran awaits firing squad after chilling final wish
The hell jail which has held a British gran for nearly a decade as she awaits a date with a firing squad is one of the toughest in Indonesia and the site of several deadly riots. Lindsay Sandiford has been…
New Zealand drug bust: Batman-labelled cocaine haul seized at sea
New Zealand’s navy has intercepted a floating haul of cocaine in the Pacific Ocean in what the country says is its largest drug bust ever. The stash – weighing total 3.2 tonnes (3,200kg) and worth NZ$500m (£263m; $316m) – was…
Cocaine ‘super-cartel’ busted in Dubai, Europe: police
Police have dismantled a huge drugs “super-cartel” that controlled a third of Europe’s cocaine trade, arresting 49 people in various countries, including six chief suspects in Dubai, Europol said on Monday. The huge international operation seized 30 tonnes of the…
Kyari: I paid N10k bribe, witness tells court
Emeka Ezenwanne, the fifth prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, on Thursday narrated before the Federal High Court, Abuja how security agents at the Enugu International Airport took N10,000 bribe from…
