NDLEA seizes 1,721 kg of cannabis in Kaduna, January–May 2021
The NDLEA's Kaduna State command said it seized 1,721.5 kg of cannabis sativa and arrested 89 suspects between January and 10 May 2021, including 328.1 kg in four May arrests. Eight people were convicted at the Federal High Court in Kaduna during the period.
Between January and 10 May 2021, the Kaduna State command of the NDLEA,
Nigeria’s anti-drug agency, seized1,721.508 kg of cannabis sativa across the
state and arrested 89 suspects, state commander Uche Iyke Samuel told
reporters in Kaduna on 11 May.[1][2]
Samuel said four suspects were arrested in May with 328.1 kg in Kudenda and
Kasuwan Magani: one with 86.8 kg on 1 May, two with 162.8 kg in 17 bags at
Kudenda industrial layout on 7 May, one with 68.5 kg at Dutsen-Wai on 8 May
and one with 10.2 kg at Kasuwan Magani on 9 May.[1]He added that the
command secured the conviction of eight people to various jail terms at the
Federal High Court in Kaduna during the period.[1][2]
Samuel named manpower and vehicle shortages, along with banditry and
kidnapping on major highways, as the command’s main obstacles, and warned drug
dealers to find legitimate business.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
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.