NDLEA holds three with 496.5 kg of cannabis in Igabi raid
NDLEA Kaduna operatives raided Kayimi village in Igabi and arrested Mohammed Sani, 48, Zaharadeen Shafiu, 29, and Yakubu Abdullahi, 20, with 496.5 kg of cannabis sativa in operations reported in mid-October 2026.
🇳🇬 Kayimi village, Igabi, Kaduna State · Nigeria
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Arrested
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In mid-October 2026, NDLEA operatives in Kaduna State raided Kayimi village in Igabi Local
Government Area and arrested three men with 496.5 kilograms of cannabis sativa.[1][2]
Mohammed Sani, 48, Zaharadeen Shafiu, 29, and Yakubu Abdullahi, 20, were held in the
village raid, according to the Kaduna command and NDLEA headquarters.[1][2] The state
commander’s statement quoted in Dateline Nigeria praised the intelligence-led operation but
did not report further arrests at the farm.[1]
The same Kaduna command separately seized tramadol tablets in Kaduna city in another case;
this report covers only the Kayimi cannabis seizure described in both sources.[1][2]
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NDLEA Kaduna Command photo published with the cannabis seizure report. Source: Dateline Nigeria
Nigeria Customs Federal Operations Unit Zone 'A' arrested six suspects and seized 3,407.83kg of cannabis during four weeks of operations announced in Ikeja, Lagos. Acting Comptroller Oladapo Afeni said the drugs and suspects would be handed to the NDLEA for investigation and prosecution.
NDLEA officers intercepted two buses in Lagos on 25 October 2026 and seized 976 kg of skunk, a potent cannabis strain: 537 kg on Kudirat Abiola Way in Ikeja and 439 kg on the Gbagada-Oshodi Expressway. The agency said the cannabis was moving from the Island to the Mainland; no arrests were reported for the seizures.
NDLEA operatives raided a farm at Board-Ala in Akure South, Ondo State, on 20 October 2026 on intelligence and recovered 56 bags of abandoned cannabis weighing 583 kg. No arrests were reported.
NDLEA officers stopped passenger Fatimah Ahmad at Kano airport on 16 October 2026 and found 511.75 grammes of cannabis hidden in a gallon of palm oil bound for Jeddah via Addis Ababa. Her cousin Abubakar Yahaya, who she said gave her the container, was arrested at the car park.
