2 held as 16.15 kg of Loud found in sofas from Houston at Lagos airport
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.
🇳🇬 Import shed, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos · Nigeria
On Wednesday 4 November 2026, NDLEA operatives at the import shed of the airport
in Lagos intercepted 32 parcels of Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 16.15
kilograms.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]The parcels were concealed inside two wooden sofas in a
consolidated cargo that arrived from Houston, Texas, United States aboard a
Turkish Airlines flight.[9][3][6][7][8][10]Punch, citing the agency, also reported the
interception of 32 parcels of Loud weighing 16.15 kilogrammes concealed in two
wooden sofas in a cargo shipment from Houston, United States.[11][12]
Freight agent Ibrahim Abdulwaheed Adewale, who came forward to clear the
consignment, was taken into custody.[1][9][2][3][4][12][6][8][10]In a follow-up operation on Friday 6
November 2026, 34-year-old caterer Adeoye Sarafa Ojo from Ibadan, Oyo state, was
arrested when he walked in to collect the package.[1][2][3][5][13][6][7][8]Adeoye claimed he was
sent by a friend, Taiwo Anuoluwapo Olusegun.[1][2][3][12][10]The NDLEA statement also
records the 6 November follow-up arrest of the 34-year-old caterer from Ibadan
who came to collect the package.[9]
The statement recording the interception was issued by NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy Femi Babafemi on Sunday 8 November 2026.[7]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Whether the freight agent and the caterer were charged or remained in custody was not reported.
The sources do not say whether the named friend Taiwo Anuoluwapo Olusegun was arrested or questioned.
The article's headline case of 87 wraps of cocaine is not cannabis and is left out of the cannabis figures.
The article also reports separate cannabis seizures in Taraba (283 blocks, 226.255 kg), Enugu (22.5 kg) and a UK-linked case with 1.20 kg of cannabis plus synthetic-cannabis chemicals; those are different events left for their own reports.
The headline cocaine seizure of 87 wraps weighing 1.15 kg is not cannabis and is left out of scope.
The page also reports tapentadol, tramadol, pregabalin, diazepam, codeine and synthetic-cannabis chemicals; those quantities are not cannabis figures and are left out.
The headline arrest involving 87 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.15kg is not cannabis and is left out of cannabis figures.
The page also reports opioids, tramadol, pregabalin, diazepam, codeine and synthetic-cannabis chemicals; those quantities are not cannabis figures and are left out.
The NDLEA statement confirms the 4 November interception and the 6 November follow-up arrest, corroborating the dates and figures already in the report.
The headline case of 87 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.150 kg is not cannabis and is left out of cannabis figures.
The page also reports Tapentadol, tramadol, pregabalin, diazepam, codeine, ketamine, methamphetamine and chemicals used in making synthetic cannabis; those quantities are not cannabis and are left out.
The same roundup reports other separate cannabis seizures (UK-snacks 1.20 kg, Lagos couriers 22.2 kg, Marine Beach 6.07 kg, Ondo 1,818 kg plus Board Forest, Ekiti Osin 216 kg, Edo Auchi-Ibillo 201 kg, Taraba Lankaviri 226.255 kg, Enugu 22.5 kg, Delta Ozoro skunk and others); those are different events left for their own reports.
The Nation's report says the woman at the centre of the statement was first named Farida Nansu and later Nansubuga; her name is not part of this cannabis report.
The Nation's copy gives no further detail on whether the two arrested men were charged or remained in custody.
The Nation does not say whether the caterer's friend Taiwo Anuoluwapo Olusegun was arrested or questioned.
The Nation's account, like the existing sources, gives no laboratory confirmation of the Loud parcels.
The page also reports other separate cannabis seizures (22.2 kg for the UK via couriers, Ondo, Ekiti, Edo, Taraba, Enugu and Delta); those are different events left for their own reports.
The page's cocaine, Tapentadol/opioid, tramadol and synthetic-cannabis (Colorado) quantities are not cannabis figures and are left out.
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 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.
NDLEA operatives at courier companies in Lagos intercepted 46 blocks of cannabis weighing 22.2 kg packed in two cartons bound for the United Kingdom on 3 November 2026. The agency announced the export seizure in a roundup of other operations and reported no arrest over the consignment.