NDLEA seizes 976 kg of skunk in two Lagos bus interceptions
NDLEA officers intercepted two buses in Lagos on 25 October 2026 and seized 976 kg of skunk, a potent cannabis strain: 537 kg on Kudirat Abiola Way in Ikeja and 439 kg on the Gbagada-Oshodi Expressway. The agency said the cannabis was moving from the Island to the Mainland; no arrests were reported for the seizures.
On Sunday 25 October 2026, NDLEA officers acting on intelligence about skunk moving from Lagos Island to the Mainland stopped a white Volkswagen LT 28 bus on Kudirat Abiola Way in Ikeja and recovered 537 kg of the drug.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] The same day, a second team intercepted a brown J5 bus on the Gbagada-Oshodi Expressway and seized a further 439 kg.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][13][9][14][11][12] Together the two stops yielded 976 kg of skunk, which the agency describes as a strong strain of cannabis.[1][2][3][15][8][9][16][17][18]
The announcement
The seizures were published on 1 November 2026 in a nationwide operations roundup issued by the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi.[1][2] The roundup presents the Lagos interceptions as intelligence-led stops on the Island-to-Mainland route.[1] The Telegraph’s account repeats the agency’s figures and locations for both buses.[2] Neither account names anyone arrested in the two stops, and neither gives a street value for the cannabis.[1][2]
Neither account names anyone arrested in the two Lagos bus stops.
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No arrests or street value were reported for the two Lagos bus interceptions.
Not added to sokoto-ayuba-236kg-skunk, as its quotation was not found in Channels Television: Operatives of the NDLEA Zone 7 Command arrested 68-year-old Ibrahim Ayuba in Sokoto on Saturday, 31 October 2026.
Not added to edo-eko-camp-plantation-eradication, as its quotation was not found in Channels Television: On 28 October 2026, NDLEA operatives supported by soldiers raided Eko Camp near Illushi in Esan South-East, Edo State, and destroyed a cannabis plantation covering 1.646 hectares.
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