{"id":4940,"date":"2025-10-26T12:58:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T12:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/26\/breaking-ndlea-arrests-another-itsekiri-son-tuoyo-for-possession-of-cannabis-laughing-gas-and-other-hard-drugs-in-lagos\/"},"modified":"2025-10-26T13:00:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T13:00:32","slug":"breaking-ndlea-arrests-another-itsekiri-son-tuoyo-for-possession-of-cannabis-laughing-gas-and-other-hard-drugs-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/10\/26\/breaking-ndlea-arrests-another-itsekiri-son-tuoyo-for-possession-of-cannabis-laughing-gas-and-other-hard-drugs-in-lagos\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: NDLEA Arrests Another Itsekiri Son Tuoyo For Possession Of Cannabis, Laughing Gas And Other Hard Drugs In Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Esther David<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested popular Lagos socialite, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, better known as Pretty Mike, and over 100 others during a raid on his club in Victoria Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a statement released today by NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, operatives of the agency stormed Proxy Nightclub, located at 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, in the early hours of Sunday, October 26, 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The operation followed credible intelligence about a dr\u00a5g party taking place at the venue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNDLEA operatives, who were embedded at the party from around 11 p.m. on Saturday, disrupted the event at about 3 a.m. on Sunday in line with our Standard Operating Procedures,\u201d Babafemi said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the operation, several cartons of ill%cit substances\u2014including Lo\u00a5d (a potent strain of cann@bbis) and laughing gas\u2014were recovered from both the partygoers and the club\u2019s storage area. Among those apprehended was reality TV star Tuoyo, a former Big Brother Naija housemate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Babafemi added that all the suspects, including Pretty Mike, were taken into custody for screening and further investigation as part of ongoing efforts to curb the spread and ab\u00a5se of narcotics in nightlife establishments across Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: Instablog9ijanews<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Esther David The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested popular Lagos socialite,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[1532,1533],"class_list":["post-4940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-breaking-ndlea-arrests-another-itsekiri-son-tuoyo-for-possession-of-cannabis","tag-laughing-gas-and-other-hard-drugs-in-lagos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/img_4273.jpg?fit=1020%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4322,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2025\/07\/06\/ndlea-publish-arrest-of-itsekiri-born-drug-kingpin-emami-others-over-smuggling-of-drugs-worth-billions-of-naira\/","url_meta":{"origin":4940,"position":0},"title":"NDLEA Publish Arrest Of Itsekiri Born Drug Kingpin, Emami, Others Over Smuggling Of Drugs Worth Billions Of Naira","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"July 6, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Uche Alvin NDLEA intercepts Saudi, UK-bound cocaine in lipsticks, property title documents . 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