The Krakè-Plage border police uncovered a clandestine cannabis depot at Krakè-Plage on 23 July 2026 during an anti-drug-trafficking operation.[1] The cannabis was stored in a makeshift dwelling on the seafront and had reportedly arrived by sea before being stored there.[1] The people sought in the case were not present when officers intervened.[1] The Republican Police said it deployed a system to identify and arrest the people involved.[1] Officers secured the drugs and all seized property pending judicial proceedings.[1]
Officers recovered 25 large bags containing balls of Indian hemp.[1] The total weight of the consignment was 973.65 kilograms.[1] The search, carried out in the presence of local authorities, also seized 1,506,000 nairas in cash, twenty 40-kilogram bags of plaster powder, 21 straw buckets, two small buckets of plaster-based products, 13 plastic tables, two outboard motors and various other items.[1] A second account confirms that Sèmè-Kraké Republican Police officers dismantled the depot on 23 July 2026 and seized 25 bags of Indian hemp.[2]
Investigators described the site as a storage point used by people who came there only at night.[1] Investigators believe the goods were transported by sea to reduce the risk of detection and protect them from humidity.[1] The Krakè-Plage seafront is among the sectors regularly monitored by security forces because of cross-border exchanges with Nigeria.[1]
