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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) 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. His arrest sparked controversy among his friends, who claimed he was set up and his phone damaged during his confrontation with operatives. However, spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, said narcotics officers, acting on credible intelligence, stormed the drug joint and arrested three suspects with illicit drugs. The search led to the recovery of drug exhibits including cannabis Sativa, Tramadol 225mg, and paraphernalia for drug use. The video trending on social media was the moment the suspect and his friends disrupted the bid to conduct a search of the house. The comedian was seen live on Instagram before his arrest, confronting NDLEA officers at his residence. His friend Amodu Ayodeji Peter, known as Ayothecreator, said that the comedian was set up as he does not do drugs. Debo Adedayo, known as Mr. Macaroni, said that Nigerian youths suffer oppression and brutality due to their popularity.

The  Nigeria customs service  kebbi  Area  command has intercepted 150 customs of premium motor spirt pms otherwise o o oknown as petrol and 389 kilogrammes of cannabis satwa worth one week into the 20million  to the new year . public  relation  offcer of the customs.  Mauuam Nasiru management in Birnin kebbi that the secure were  made at not different locations within the  state  based  on   credible intelligence ..similar  by  higher coperatives of  the  command  on  friday  january nsc attempt of struggler to take petroleum products out of the  country  throgh the River Niger in yauri town.

NAFDAC has stopped the registration of alcohol in sachets and small volume Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and glass bottles below 200ml, and introduced other stringent regulatory measures to curb abuse of alcohol. Manufacturers of low volume alcohol beverages (200ml) have been directed to reformulate their products to stipulated standards free of charge, and DIBAN has been given a marching order to embark on nationwide campaigns against underage consumption of alcohol. NAFDAC has committed to strict implementation of regulatory measures to safeguard the health of Nigerians, especially vulnerable youths, against the dangers of reckless consumption of alcohol. Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa has set up a task force to track and dismantle drug cartels behind the production and distribution of methamphetamine. NDLEA's achievements in 2021 include the arrest of 12,306 suspects, conviction of 1,400 offenders, seizure of over 3.4 million kilograms of drugs and cash worth over N130 billion, and counselling and rehabilitation of 7,761 drug users.

NDLEA has arrested three suspected trans-border drug traffickers with 48,000 tablets of 225mg Tramadol in Mubi, Adamawa, and 1,500 kilogrammes of imported Loud and other illicit substances in raids across Lagos and Edo States. The suspects were apprehended while trying to smuggle the drugs into Cameroon Republic. NDLEA officers have recovered passports from six different countries, 12 parcels of cannabis, 126.5 grammes of methamphetamine, 19 bags of cannabis, Diazepam, Exol-5 and other psychoactive substances, as well as weapons such as knives, cutlasses, sticks, catapults and charms. The Chairman of the Agency, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, has commended officers and men of Lagos, MMIA, Adamawa, Plateau and Edo commands for their tenacity and vigilance.

NDLEA intercepted 1.5 million tablets and capsules of pharmaceutical opioids such as Tramadol, Exol-5 and Diazepam loaded in Onitsha, Anambra State and heading to Yauri, Kebbi State, and 425,000 Diazepam tablets were recovered at Segemu, Kano. N1.413,344 was seized along with arms and ammunition from a suspected bandit and a drug kingpin in Plateau State, and 137.754 kilogrammes of assorted illicit drugs were recovered during interdiction operations across seven states. Attempts to export 73 parcels of cannabis to the United Kingdom and 50 parcels of cannabis consignment to the United States were also thwarted. The Agency arrested a suspected bandit, Abdullahi Usman Ahmad, and leader of a cocaine distribution ring in Plateau, Chibueze Okoro John, with quantities of cocaine and Tramadol. In Delta State, 38-year-old Ejike Obiora was arrested for attempting to smuggle Cocaine and Heroin into the Nigerian Correctional Centre.