• 147 vehicles intercepted by police leading to six cars being impounded and taken off the roads.

Source: https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/victorias-massive-youth-gang-crackdown-leads-to-nearly-70-arrests-c-10078514

A Canada-based Nigerian, Anigo Christian Godspower, was intercepted at the D-Arrival Hall of the MMIA, Ikeja during an inward clearance of passengers on Qatar Airways from Sao Paolo via Doha to Lagos.

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/top-60-ndlea-cases-of-2022-that-shocked-nigerians-got-internet-buzzing/

According to him, having sought and obtained necessary approval from the Comptroller General of Customs, the command decided to hand over the intercepted vehicle with railway locomotive parts to its sister agency, NSCDC, for further action.

Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2023/06/23/customs-intercepts-truck-conveying-locomotive-parts-in-niger/

According to the Israeli army, in the latest flare-up more than 1,000 rockets have been fired from Gaza towards Israeli territory, including 300 that were intercepted by the Iron Dome defence system.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20230513-renewed-israeli-strikes-rock-gaza-amid-egypt-s-push-for-truce

A closer look reveals that in many cases we seem to have simply intercepted chemical weapons deployed in what naturalist Charles Darwin called “the war of nature.”

Source: https://time.com/6340163/evolutionary-origins-psychedelics-essay/

“Acting on information received, ranks from the Golden Grove Police Station intercepted a silver-grey motor vehicle bearing registration number PAB 9592.

Source: https://www.kaieteurnewsonline.com/2023/08/11/bandits-captured-after-robbing-security-guard-of-jewellery/

After a foul on Oshilaja, Powell played the free kick short to Carayol, who beat his man and crossed but it was intercepted, then Powell’s cross was poor and looped out of play.

Source: https://www.staffordshire-live.co.uk/sport/football/sweeney-strikes-late-grab-albion-8996098

A joint team of soldiers, personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and operatives of Tantita intercepted the vessel after it was spotted loading crude oil from a well head off the coast of Ondo State.

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/are-navy-personnel-involved-in-illegal-oil-bunkering-by-mukhtar-yas-madobi/

All 10 drones fired at Kyiv were intercepted, said Serhii Popko, the head of Kyiv City Administration.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/world-news/2023/08/russian-drone-strikes-on-odesa-region-cause-fires-at-port/

All-Pro cornerback Sauce Gardner intercepted a Josh Allen pass in the second half during a NY Jets 20-17 win over the Buffalo Bills as the two teams met in an AFC East game played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on November 6 2022.

Source: https://deadspin.com/josh-allen-duels-idol-aaron-rodgers-in-high-stakes-open-1850812738

All told, the FBI intercepted over the course of 18 months.

Source: https://dissidentvoice.org/2023/06/fbi-make-work-entrapment-schemes-creating-criminals-in-order-to-arrest-them/

Also on Thursday, operatives of the agency intercepted a consignment of cocaine weighing 2.2kg on the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway.

Source: https://guardian.ng/news/ndlea-recovers-south-africa-bound-1-5m-tramadol-rohypnol-pills-at-lagos-airport/

Altogether last year, Parks and Wildlife intercepted 148 boats infested with invasive quagga or zebra mussels before they reached state waters.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/cpw-to-shift-to-new-mussel-inspection-sites-after-success-of-loma-pilot-program/article_23392c32-f36c-11ed-b251-cf6931274f7f.html

And as Tonga tried to push the pass and attack from deep on the right, Johnstone was alert and intercepted to race under the sticks for his second try with 12 minutes to play.

Source: https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/23871925.england-draw-first-blood-tonga-first-test-match/?ref=rss

A recent case involved 40 Malawians, including children, who were being taken in three trucks to South Africa and intercepted on the border with Zambia.

Source: https://www.africanews.it/english/malawi-truck-drivers-learn-about-risks-of-human-trafficking/

A second drone targeting Moscow was also intercepted by Russia’s air defence systems at around 1am.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-drone-attacks-moscow-kyiv-latest-b2450227.html

Babafemi stated also that NDLEA operatives conducting stop-and-search operation on Jebba-Minna Road linking Kwara and Niger intercepted a commercial truck conveying goods from Lagos to Katsina on Aug. 22.

Source: https://promptnewsonline.com/ndlea-seizes-514420-pills-of-suspected-hard-drugs-in-3-states-fct/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ndlea-seizes-514420-pills-of-suspected-hard-drugs-in-3-states-fct

Between January and November last year, RCMP intercepted nearly 34,800 people who tried to cross into Canada from the United States between official ports of entry.

Source: https://www.chroniclejournal.com/news/national/death-near-quebec-border-highlights-need-for-safe-migration-pathways-experts/article_3487fcc1-b8c5-5d3f-9799-7b57ad24a4a0.html

Border Management Authority (BMA) intercepted 42 buses that were transporting the children across the Beitbridge border post into South Africa.

Source: https://www.citizen.co.za/news/over-400-children-trafficked-sa-back-zimbabwe/

But a number of times, missiles that were intercepted midair and missed their intended targets instead fell and did damage elsewhere.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/28/world/europe/missiles-ukraine-russia-taganrog.html