Cover Spanish police seize six tons of cocaine hidden in banana cargo Spanish officials have seized more than six tons of cocaine hidden among bunches of bananas at an industrial estate in Malaga and arrested ... By maritimemagOctober 26, 20180
Illicit Trade Philippines’ Duterte sacks all top customs officials over drugs Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte fired the head of the Bureau of Customs on Thursday and ordered all top bureau officials replaced after ... By maritimemagOctober 26, 20180
Customs & Excise Customs hands over illicit items to relevant agencies Abiodun oba | Illicit substances seized by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have been handed over to relevant government agencies in ... By maritimemagOctober 26, 20180
Cover NAFDAC confiscates 100 cartons of expired zero Coke in Katsina The National Agency for Food Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) in Katsina State, on Monday confiscated about 100 cartons of expired beverage drink ... By maritimemagOctober 24, 20180
Cover Illicit drugs major cause of criminal activities in the society-Emir of Gusau The Emir of Gusau, Ibrahim Bello, has called for collaborative measures by all stakeholders against supply of illicit drugs in order to ... By maritimemagOctober 22, 20180
Illicit Trade To enhance industrialisation and exports, NAFDAC should make conditions less stringent-Group The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDA) stringent conditions for manufactures are not easy for indigenous small-scale ... By maritimemagOctober 22, 20180
Headlines Chinese drugs contain human flesh, SON confirms, NAFDAC on high alert The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has confirmed the receipt of a letter sent on Chinese Drugs reported to be made from ... By maritimemagOctober 20, 20180
Illicit Trade Command arrests indiscriminate distributor of controlled substance (codeine) in Lagos State An alleged indiscriminate distributor of controlled substance (codeine) in Lagos State and former employee of Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, Chukwunonye Madubuike, has ... By maritimemagOctober 19, 20180
Illicit Trade Maritime Trade Route Facilitates Africa’s Growing Drug Problem Sub-Saharan Africa will experience the largest rise in illicit drug users globally in the next three decades. Findings from an ENACT transnational organized ... By maritimemagOctober 19, 20180
Headlines NDLEA FCT nabs 147 drug dealers, seizes $1.9m in 1 month … as Canada legalises Marijuana The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), FCT Command, said on Tuesday that it arrested 147 suspected drug dealers and seized various consignments ... By maritimemagOctober 18, 20180
Illicit Trade Thailand police seize 22 million methamphetamine pills in 2 raids Over 22 million methamphetamine pills and 100 kilogrammes of crystal methamphetamine were seized in two separate raids over the weekend in Northern Thailand, ... By maritimemagOctober 16, 20180
Illicit Trade EFCC seizes gold worth N1.1 billion at Abuja airport Gold worth about $3, 131, 412.39 (N1, 127, 308, 460.39) being allegedly exported to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, illegally has been seized ... By maritimemagOctober 15, 20180
Illicit Trade Producer of adulterated wines arrested in Lagos THIRTY-two-year-old Ifeanyi Udeh has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for alleged production of adulterated fruit wines. The Lagos State ... By maritimemagOctober 10, 20180
Headlines NDLEA decries abuse of Tramadol, cough syrup among Nigerian youths The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has decried the continuous high-level of abuse of Tramadol and codeine based cough syrup among Nigerian ... By maritimemagOctober 10, 20180
Cover Medical doctor cocaine dealer convicted The Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted a medical doctor, Dennis Konyeaso, of being in illegal possession of 3.3 kilogrammes of cocaine. ... By maritimemagOctober 9, 20180
Illicit Trade NDLEA arrests 103 suspected drug traffickers The Edo Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has arrested 103 suspects for trafficking illicit drugs. Mr ... By maritimemagOctober 9, 20180