6 articles tagged with “drug trafficking”
Suspected terrorists attacked residential areas in Maiduguri early Monday, forcing residents to flee as troops repelled the assault. The incident comes amid heightened security operations nationwide, including arrests at Akure Airport and Niger Delta crackdowns.
Police and drug enforcement agencies have arrested over 130 suspects in coordinated operations across Bauchi, Edo, and Kano states, targeting kidnapping syndicates, banditry, and drug trafficking networks.
Nigeria's anti-narcotics agency has conducted coordinated operations across the country, arresting a Lagos real estate executive allegedly running a drug cartel and intercepting a woman using a simulated pregnancy to smuggle narcotics.
Nigerian security agencies conducted coordinated operations this week, arresting armed robbery suspects, seizing nearly 500kg of cannabis, and advancing rehabilitation programs for former insurgents as part of broader crime prevention efforts.
A wave of coordinated security failures across three continents reveals the persistent challenge facing law enforcement agencies battling both armed militancy and transnational criminal networks, with Zimbabwe's drug seizure operations contrasting sharply with deadly militant attacks in Pakistan and Nigeria.
Zimbabwean authorities have arrested multiple individuals including a fake police officer trafficking drugs and an armed robbery gang member, as courts impose significant jail terms in response to rising criminal activity across the country.