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...

EFCC ARRAINGS ALLEGED INTERNET FRAUDSTER TODAY IN PORT HARCOURT.{PHOTO}.

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       The EFCC has arraigned one Oluo Hope before Justice B. B. Aliyu of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on a six-count charge bordering on forgery and Impersonation.
Hope was arrested alongside five others suspected to be internet fraudsters on 19 April, 2017 by the operatives of the Department of State Service at Darethery Hotels, Rumuigbo Village, Obio/Akpor local government area of Rivers State.The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges when read to him. In view of his plea, prosecution counsel, Adebayo Soares, asked for a date to commence trial and prayed the court to order for an accelerated hearing. However, counsel to the defendant, B. N. Amanze (Mrs.), told the court that she had filed an application for bail for her client.She said the alleged offences were bailable and that the defendant had earlier been placed on administrative bail by the prosecution and urged the court to grant her prayers. Soares, however, opposed her prayers saying the application was served on him shortly and he needed time to respond.In her ruling, Justice Aliyu admitted Hope to bail and trial has commenced on the matter. 
The suspects ran into trouble when they were arrested, sequel to a complaint by the Rivers State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Tonye Briggs. She alleged that unidentified persons impersonated her by cloning her facebook account and used same to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. The EFCC swung into actions in collaboration with tje DSS, arrested fraudsters suspected to be involved in the scam. Items recovered from the scammers include phones, laptops and other fraudulent documents. Meanwhile, five other fraudsters arrested with Hope have been charged separately.
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