The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted Christmas-season cannabis consignments at two Lagos entry points, its spokesman Femi Babafemi said in a statement on 25 December 2022.[1][2] At the SAHCO import shed of Lagos airport, a search of consolidated cargo from South Africa found smuggled bottled cannabis juice with a gross weight of 16.50 kg on Wednesday 21 December.[1][2][3] Investigators then arrested four freight agents, Soremekun Olalekan Wasiu, Olufisayo Dayo, Moruf Olusegun Bashir and Imole Moses Ajayi, whose statements led to the arrest of the consignee, wine-shop owner Emebede Chuka, the next day.[1][2]

In a joint examination of container MSCU5206726 from Montreal, Canada, at Tincan seaport, officers seized 185 parcels of Cannabis Indica, popularly called Colorado, weighing 61.3 kg.[1][2][3] The container was declared as three used vehicles but held two, a 2009 Toyota Corolla and a 2009 Ford Econoline bus, plus engines, bicycles, shoes and the drugs.[1][2] Two dock workers, Abdulquadri Abdulazeez and Ogbuji Kenneth, were already in NDLEA custody over the seizure after their initial arrest by port security and the police.[1][2]

Officers also frustrated an attempt to export cannabis and ecstasy pills concealed in Bournvita beverage containers to Dubai through the NAHCO export shed on Friday 23 December, arresting the vulcaniser hired for the job, Iyanda Ogunleye Yaya, for a N4,000 fee.[1][2] Ships & Ports embedded an NDLEA handout photo of the seized juice bottles in its report on the seizures.[3]