Category Name | Drug Abuse & Trafficking |
Source of News | Punch |
Date of New | 2025-05-13 |
News Headline | Two men jailed four years for drug trafficking in Lagos |
Name of Reporter | Onozure Dania |
Name of Victim | Members of the public |
Age | 0 |
Gender | Male & Female |
Occupation | |
Type of Matter | Drug Abuse & Trafficking |
Complain Office | National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) |
Crime Address | Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos |
Crime State | Lagos |
Crime Local Govt Area | Ikeja |
Crime City | Ikeja |
Geo-Political Zone | SOUTH-WEST |
Crime Date | 2025-04-04 |
Alleged Offence | 1-count charge of drug trafficking |
Section of the Law | 11(b), NDLEA Act, 2004 |
Crime Motivation | |
Type of Sector | Exportation of drugs earns 2 men 4 years imprisonment |
Alleged Crime Organization | Individual Group |
Organization Category | Individual - 2.5 kilograms of cocaine each found in possession of suspects |
Crime Sector | N/A |
Type of Crime | Drug trafficking |
Item Description | Cocaine |
Quantity | 5000 |
No of Deaths(SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS) | 0 |
General Remark | Option of fine |
Perpetrators Destination | |
No of Victims | 0 |
Prosecuting Agency | NDLEA |
Arraignment Date | 2025-05-12 |
Court | Federal High Court |
Court Address: State | Lagos |
Court Address: Town | Lagos |
Name of Judge | Justice Ambrose Lewis-Allagoa |
Prosecting Counsel | Mr. Abu Ibrahim |
Defense Counsel | Benson Ndakara |
No of Persons Being Prosecuted | 2 |
Status of Matter | Sentenced to 2 years imprisonment each with option of fine |
No of Deaths(CIVILIAN) | 0 |
No of Persons Jailed | 2 |
Forfeited Assets | 0 |
Amount Forfeited | 0 |
Alleged Ransom Demanded | 0 |
Alleged Ransom Paid | 0 |
Conviction Date | 2025-05-12 |
Details | Source |