Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have recovered at the Tincan seaport in Lagos State 128 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis concealed, in two mattresses in the trunk of a Toyota Venza car imported from Canada as part of recoveries made in the last one week.
The recovery of the drug and others were made known by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday.
The discovery of the 63.75kg consignment was made during a joint examination of a targeted container marked: TCNU 1945861, from Montreal, Canada, by NDLEA, Nigeria Customs Service, and other security agencies on February 28, 2025.
The consignee of the shipment, 44-year-old Bamidele Joseph, has been arrested and taken into custody.
In Delta state, NDLEA operatives, supported by the military, on February 27 stormed a forest in Innam-Abbi/Orogun community, Ndokwa West Local Government Area, where they destroyed over 50,000kg cannabis on a 20-hectare farm land.
Five suspects were arrested during the raid: Augustine Subaru, 45; Ukoba Malachukwu, 53; Odalonu Emmanuel, 40; Esuabom Macaulay, 35; and Itoje Safe, 54.
In another operation in Delta State, NDLEA operatives on February 28 intercepted a Mercedes Benz truck marked AWK 791 ZJ along Abraka-Orogun Road.
A search of the truck led to the recovery of 101 bags of skunk with a total weight of 1,111kg.
In Edo State, NDLEA officers, supported by the military, on March 1 raided the Okpuje community in Owan West LGA, where they destroyed over 100 jumbo bags of skunk in warehouses and recovered a total of 1,409.5kg of the psychoactive substance for the prosecution of arrested suspects: Oikelomen Osere Monday, 38, and Glory Iroyo, 42.
While a suspect, Michael Omoloki, 46, was arrested with 58.5 kilograms of skunk at the Ibadan end of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Oyo State, operatives in Kwara State on February 24 nabbed a Beninoise, Lawali Mohammed, with 2,980 tablets of tramadol and dozens of diazepam pills at Eiyenkorin, Ilorin.
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In Osun State, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Ibadan/Gbongan Expressway on February 27 intercepted a consignment of 1.05kg skunk concealed in detergent soap and biscuit carton, while Sunday Ogbu, 45, was arrested in connection with the seizure.
A suspect, Ayuba Mustapha, 30, was arrested at Tsafe, Zamfara State with 24,700 pills of tramadol on February 23.
In Borno State, Mustapha Shettima, 50, was arrested by NDLEA operatives with 31kg skunk, 1,000 pills of tramadol, and N720,000 monetary exhibit along Bama Road, Maiduguri on February 26, while Adamu Idris, 40, was nabbed along Zaria Road, Kano, on the same day, with 140 blocks of cannabis weighing 73.5kg.
With the same vigour, Commands and formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse sensitisation activities to schools, worship centres, workplaces and communities among others in the past week.
These included WADA enlightenment lecture to students and staff of Ansarudeen Junior Secondary School, Ojuelegba, Lagos State; Loretto Girls Special Science School, Adazinnukwu, Anambra State; and Tudun Murtala Special Primary School, Nasarawa LGA, Kano State.
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