Abuja, Aug. 4, 2025 – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 149.8 grams of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, from three dispatch riders while distributing the drugs in Abuja.
Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
The statement said the suspects were arrested following intelligence-led stop-and-search operations in the Gwarimpa, Jabi, and Galadimawa areas of the FCT on July 30.
It listed the arrested suspects as Sabo Sule, 24, Samuel Nnamdi, 28, and Idris Jibrin, 28.
“Two other suspects: Aliyu Abubakar, 25, and Adekunle Agbabiaka, 30, were arrested along Abaji-Gwagwalada expressway with 91.1kg skunk, a strain of cannabis, on Saturday, August 2,” the statement said.
It said the NDLEA also intercepted consignments of cocaine and tramadol 225mg concealed in 71 vehicle side mirrors at the Lagos airport while the drugs were being exported to Libreville, Gabon.
The statement said the drugs were being shipped through the export shed of the airport and not less than three suspects linked to the cargo had already been arrested in follow-up operations.
“The first batch of the consignment, consisting of 57,420 pills of tramadol 225mg and 57 pellets of cocaine weighing 1.60kg, were intercepted in a cargo going to Gabon on Air Côte d’Ivoire on Saturday, July 19.
“A popular cargo agent, Ihekweme Osinachi, handling the shipment, was immediately arrested, after which further investigation led to the arrest of another suspect, Uzochukwu Chukwurah, on Sunday, July 20.
“Eleven parcels of cocaine with a total weight of 1kg were later recovered from four additional side mirrors being prepared for export, found in the home of Uzochukwu on Monday, July 21.
“This brings the total number of parcels of cocaine to 68 weighing 2.60 kilogrammes,” he said.
The statement also said some NDLEA officers, acting on intelligence arrested one Joseph Michael with 3.3 kilograms of Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis, in Mushin, Lagos.
Babafemi said that another suspected drug peddler, Ibrahim Sulaiman, was nabbed in the Iwaya area of Yaba with 16.5 litres of skuchies on Friday.
According to him, no fewer than 100,000 pills of tramadol capsules were seized from a suspect, Hussein Yusuf, 37, at an NDLEA checkpoint along Vandeikya-Ogoja road in Benue state on Friday.
Babafemi said that operatives in Edo State, the same day, raided a warehouse in Ekpoma where a suspect, William Alabi, 44, was arrested and 233.5kg of skunk recovered.
