5,492 kg of cannabis seized from two Edo warehouses
NDLEA officers raided concealed warehouses at Uzzeba on 23 November and Uhiere on 24 November 2021, seizing 5,492 kg of suspected cannabis in all. One 21-year-old suspect was arrested during the two operations.
Acting on intelligence, NDLEA personnel stormed a storage facility at Uzzeba
in Owas West Local Government Area, as the reports spell it, on 23 November
2021 and evacuated 107 bags of suspected cannabis weighing 1,240 kg.[1][2]The next day the command found
another concealed warehouse at Uhiere village in Ovia North East Local
Government Area and removed 315 bags weighing 4,252 kg.[1][2]
Together the two raids took 5,492 kg of suspected cannabis off the streets
within two days, which state commander Buba Wakawa called a major seizure for
the command in November.[1][2]A 21-year-old suspect was arrested during the
operations.[1][2]
Wakawa said November seizures across the state totalled 6,477.86 kg, with 22
suspects arrested, ten convictions secured and nine new cases filed at the
Federal High Court in Benin.[1][2]
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.