NDLEA DISMANTLES ABUJA DRUG BUNKS, ARRESTS 132, RECOVERS 220KG ILLICIT SUBSTANCES. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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 NDLEA dismantles Abuja drug bunks, arrests 132, recovers 220kg illicit substances  -Marwa hails operation, vows to sustain crackdown in FCT, other states  In a non-stop two-week offensive action against traffickers and dealers, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully dismantled several drug joints and bunks within and around the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja where a total of 132 suspects were arrested and 220 kilograms of assorted illicit substances recovered. The wel-coordinated raids jointly conducted by the Agency's Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) and the FCT Strategic Command from llth to 25th April 2026 were launched to dismantle illicit drug hubs contributing to substance abuse, trafficking, and associated criminal activities in the capital city after weeks of intelligence and surveillance across all identified hotspots. Areas where notorious drug joints were raided, dismantled and suspects...

4 PEOPLE BAGS FIVE YEARS JAIL TERM FOR FAKE CURRENCY POSSESSION.{PHOTOS}.

Image may contain: 2 people, people standing                  The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission today March 9,2017 secured the conviction of four counterfeit currency dealers before Justice Simon Amobeda of the Federal High Court Kebbi on a four count charge of conspiracy and possession of counterfeit currency.
The convicts,Usman Ahmed,Isiyaku Mohammed,Mohammed Abubakar Badadi and Rilwanu Abdullahi were arrested by officers off the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps at Birnin Kebbi while in possession of a sum of N583,000 {Five Hundred and Eighty Three Thousand Naira Only} in fake one thousand Naira notes.The case was eventually transferred to the commission for further investigation.
After listening to the charge,all the accused persons pleaded guilty to the four count charge.In view of the plea of the accused persons,prosecution counsel,N.K Ukoha urged the court to convict them accordingly.Justice Amobeda convicted all the accused persons as charged,before sentence was delivered,counsel for the defendants S.B Ka'oje pleaded with the court to tamper justice with mercy given that the convicts are first time offenders with no criminal record.He added that the coonvicts are all family men with children and many defendants.
In his ruling,Justice Amobeda sentenced the convicts to five years imprisonment on each of the four count charge.The sentence is to run concurrently and also to begin from the day of their arrest.
One of the charge read that ''You Usman Ahmed,Isiyaku Mohammed,Mohammed Abubakar Badadi and Rilwanu Abdullahi on or about 8th July,2016 in Birnin Kebbi within the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court did conspire among yourselves to do an unlawful act to wit;being in possession of 583 pieces of 1000 Nigeria Naira Notes and thereby committed an offense contrary and punishable under section 516 of the Criminal Code''.One more photo below.
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