Lagos airport cargo from UK held with 1.2 kg cannabis among snack parcels
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.
🇳🇬 Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos · Nigeria
Officers of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted a
cargo after nine parcels of illicit substances were found hidden in two cartons
of snacks labelled Michael Tea Guy.[1]The consignment arrived at Lagos
airport aboard an Air Peace flight from the United Kingdom on 23 October 2026.[1]
Two of the parcels held 1.20 kilogrammes of cannabis, while forensic analysis
confirmed that the remaining seven contained chemicals used to make synthetic
cannabis.[2]A 51-year-old freight agent who attempted to clear the
consignment was arrested over the cannabis parcels.[1]
Two more cartons addressed to the same recipient later arrived from the UK
aboard an Allied Air flight.[1]A sting operation between 26 and 28 October
2026 led to the arrest of another 51-year-old suspect when he attempted to take
delivery of the cartons.[1]A search of the additional shipment found three
parcels weighing 3.30 kilogrammes hidden in two packs of detergent, alongside 11
plastic bottles of mostly liquid substances weighing 16.25 kilogrammes.[1]
The agency put the total recovered from the operation at 1.20 kilogrammes of
cannabis and 28.65 kilogrammes of chemicals allegedly intended for synthetic
cannabis production, and it presented the case as the dismantling of a syndicate
importing the chemicals.[1][3]
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No newspaper report was found for the snack-cargo interception; the account rests on the NDLEA statement and Nigerian Voice's copy of it.
The statement does not say whether the 1.20 kg of cannabis was weighed separately from the seven parcels of synthetic-cannabis chemicals, and those chemical weights, including 28.65 kg in total, are left out of cannabis figures.
The statement does not say who the consignment's recipient was, whether that person was identified, or the sender's name.
No charges or court outcome were reported for either of the two men arrested.
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 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.
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.