40-year-old arrested trying to throw cannabis into Kano prison
Correctional officers in Kano arrested a 40-year-old man who allegedly tried to throw suspected cannabis over the perimeter wall into the Medium Security Custodial Centre at Kurmawa. The suspect, said to be from Janguza Quarters, was handed to the NDLEA for investigation as the prison command restated its zero-tolerance stance on contraband.
🇳🇬 Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kurmawa, Kano · Nigeria
Officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service Kano State Command arrested a
40-year-old man for allegedly attempting to smuggle suspected cannabis into a
custodial facility in Kano State.[1][2][3][4]He was intercepted while attempting to
throw the prohibited substance into the Medium Security Custodial Centre at
Kurmawa, Kano, around noon on Sunday.[1][3][4]The suspect was described as a
resident of Janguza Quarters in Kano.[1][5][2][3][4]Officers of the Armed Squad Unit made
the arrest under the supervision of the unit commander, CSC Usman M. Sale.[1][2][3][4]The command’s public relations officer, CSC Musbahu Kofarnassarawa, announced
the arrest in a statement issued on Monday, saying the officers foiled the
attempt through vigilance and swift response.[1][2]
The man was caught while trying to throw the substance over the perimeter wall
of the Kurmawa centre.[6]The command handed the suspect over to the National
Drug Law Enforcement Agency for further investigation and necessary action.[7][5][2][3][4]
The state Controller of Corrections, Ahmed Yusuf-Lakpene, commended the officers
for vigilance and professionalism, saying their intervention prevented
prohibited substances from entering the facility.[1]He restated the command’s
zero-tolerance stance on introducing illicit drugs and other prohibited
materials into correctional centres.[7][2]He also reaffirmed the service’s
commitment to strengthening security across custodial facilities to ensure a
safe environment for the reformation and rehabilitation of inmates.[1]
The sources date the interception to Sunday around noon and the command's statement and publication to Monday, 2 November 2026, so the incident date is recorded as 1 November 2026.
No weight, packaging detail or value for the suspected cannabis was published.
The suspect was not named, and no charges or court outcome were reported after he was handed to the NDLEA for further investigation.
All three accounts report the same Correctional Service command statement, so no independent account of the interception was available.
Left out, as its quotation was not found in Gistmania: Officers of the Nigerian Correctional Service Kano State Command arrested a 40-year-old man for allegedly attempting to smuggle suspected cannabis into a custodial facility in Kano State.
The article's mention of an August 2026 drug-smuggling arrest at Ibara, Abeokuta is a separate event left out here.
The new account gives no separate day for the noon interception beyond its 2 November 2026 publication date, so the Sunday dating rests on earlier accounts.
The new account spells the spokesperson's name as CSC Musbahu Lawan Knassarawa, differing from the Kofarnassarawa spelling in earlier accounts.
Nigeria's NDLEA in Edo State said its October 2026 operations arrested 75 suspected traffickers and seized 2,492.7 kg of cannabis, including 702.83 kg found in a car at Otuo. The command also said it destroyed eight cannabis farms covering 5.73 hectares.
NDLEA officers arrested three men at the Lankaviri checkpoint in Yorro, Taraba State, with 283 blocks of compressed cannabis weighing 226.255 kg. The suspects were held with separate consignments ranging from 47 to 156 blocks.
NDLEA operatives arrested a 32-year-old man at Marine Beach in Apapa, Lagos, on 6 November 2026 and found 6.07 kg of cannabis in a small store inside the sitting room of his apartment. The seizure was announced with opioids, tramadol, pregabalin and codeine recovered in the same search.
NDLEA operatives arrested a 53-year-old man at Osin Forest in Osin Ekiti, Ekiti State, on 5 November 2026 with 216 kilograms of cannabis and cannabis seeds. The agency announced the arrest in a roundup of raids across several states, also listing seizures in Lagos, Ondo, Edo, Delta and Taraba, issued on Sunday 8 November 2026.
