NDLEA finds 265 kg of cannabis in an abandoned car on the Bauchi–Gombe road
NDLEA officers on patrol along the Bauchi–Gombe road on 14 October 2026 recovered 291 blocks of cannabis weighing 265 kg from an abandoned vehicle at Tudun Natsira village. No occupant was found and no arrest was reported.
🇳🇬 Tudun Natsira, Bauchi–Gombe road, Bauchi State · Nigeria
On 14 October 2026, NDLEA operatives patrolling the Bauchi–Gombe road recovered cannabis from an
abandoned car at Tudun Natsira village in Bauchi State.[1][2]The load consisted of 291 blocks
weighing 265 kilograms.[1][2]
The agency announced the find in a wider weekly roundup of seizures and arrests; neither account
names anyone connected to the vehicle or says whether investigators traced the cargo.[1][2] No
arrest was reported for this recovery.
Case data
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NDLEA operatives stopped a car on the Auchi-Ibillo Road in Akoko Edo, Edo State, and seized 19 bags of cannabis weighing 201 kg in a roundup of cannabis seizures reported on 8 November 2026. The same roundup reported a Benin City drug-joint raid, three arrests at a Taraba checkpoint with 226.255 kg of compressed cannabis, and further raids in Ondo and Lagos.
NDLEA operatives recovered 1,818 kg of cannabis packed in 148 bags in a raid on Odofin Road, Uso, in Ondo State, destroyed a one-hectare cannabis farm in Board Forest and recovered a further 242 kg. Officers arrested 36-year-old Itoro Linus Akpan in operations reported on 8 November 2026.
NDLEA officers found 16.15 kg of Loud cannabis hidden in two wooden sofas from Houston at Lagos airport on 4 November 2026. A freight agent who came to clear the cargo and a caterer who came to collect it were arrested.
NDLEA officers at Lagos airport found 1.20 kilogrammes of cannabis in two of nine parcels hidden in cartons of snacks from the United Kingdom, and arrested a 51-year-old freight agent who came to clear them. The other seven parcels held chemicals for making synthetic cannabis, and a sting in late October 2026 led to a second arrest.