After 17 years of operating in the shadows to ship illicit drugs worth billions of naira around the world, 59-year-old drug baron Ogbonnaya Kevin Jeff’s reign has come to an end after NDLEA operatives arrested him at his hideout in Lagos’ Ojo area.

NDLEA Chairman and CEO, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), announced the arrest during a press event in Abuja yesterday, characterizing it as a significant step forward in the agency’s efforts to dismantle international drug trafficking syndicates. Marwa...