NDLEA intercepts 3.5kg drug bound for UK at Lagos airport

Abuja, Jan. 26, 2025 – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a consignment of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, concealed in a duvet at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja in Lagos on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.

Six parcels of the substance weighing 3.50 kilograms were concealed inside the duvet bound for United Kingdom.

Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Spokesman, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.

The statement said two suspects, Austin Balogun, and Adakole Sunday were arrested in connection with the consignment.

Austin Balogun, who is the main agent who hired Adakole, claimed he was paid N700,000 to cargo the consignment to the United Kingdom, but spent a fraction of the money on export handling charges and the bulk to pay for an apartment.

The NDLEA also arrested two suspect, Joseph Oluwasegun Adewale, and Biodun Adelakun, at Igbo Olumo, Ikorodu, Lagos, when its operatives raided their hideout in the community where seven liters of skuchies, a new psychoactive substance produced with black currant, cannabis, and opioids, were recovered.

Other exhibits seized from the duo included three locally made double-barrel rifles, one locally made double-barrel pistol, one English-made pistol, one locally made single-barrel rifle, three cartridges, one empty 9mm cartridge and an iron-head axe.

“Another raid in Lagos on Sunday, 19th January, led to the seizure of 47 kg of skunk, a strain of cannabis, and 25.46 kg of Nitrous Oxide, popularly known as laughing gas, at the notorious Akala area of Mushin.

“Another raid in Lagos on Sunday, 19th January, led to the seizure of 47 kg of skunk, a strain of cannabis, and 25.46 kg of Nitrous Oxide, popularly known as laughing gas, at the notorious Akala area of Mushin.

“In Ekiti, a 26-year-old suspect, Adepoju Taiwo, was arrested by NDLEA officers on Thursday, 23rd January, with 1.950 kg of Canadian Loud at Iworoko Road, Ilokun, Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, while Auwal Sani was nabbed by operatives on Monday, 20th January, at Bode Saadu in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. A total of 50,000 pills of tramadol (225 mg), weighing 36.56 kg, were recovered from him.

“A Nigerien, Abubakar Lami, 45, with two others—Abba Sani, 35, and Auwal Aliyu, 32—were arrested by NDLEA operatives at Gadar Tamburawa, Kano, while 13.1 kg of skunk and 125 liters of ‘suck and die,’ a new psychoactive substance, were recovered from them.

“In Gefen Kasa, Dawakin Kudu Council Area of Kano State, a cannabis plantation was located and destroyed by a team of NDLEA officers who arrested a suspect, Sabo Ali Muhammad, 45, linked to the farm,” the statement said. (GBN)

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