National Drug Law Enforcement Agency operatives raided a location in the Tashan Banke area of Kano State and arrested seven suspects, with Faisal Adamu named among those held.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] The agency published its account of the raid on 1 November 2026 as part of a nationwide operations roundup.[17] NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa commended officers of the Kano command, alongside officers in Lagos, Kaduna, Sokoto, Ondo, Oyo, Edo and the Abuja airport, for the arrests and seizures.[1]

Officers at Tashan Banke recovered 178.85 kilogrammes of cannabis, which is the separately stated cannabis weight for this raid.[1][2][4][6][8][18][19][10][20][21][12][14][22][16] Officers also recovered quantities of diazepam, tramadol, Exol-5 and pregabalin at the same Tashan Banke location.[23][2][13]

This report covers only the Tashan Banke cannabis seizure and arrests, not the cocaine smuggling case at Abuja airport or the ammunition and other-drug seizures described in the same agency roundup.[17]