Wanted drug baron arrested with 1,762 kg of Loud in Lagos
NDLEA officers arrested wanted businessman Frank Chijioke Ibemesi at his Isolo hotel on 15 November 2025 and recovered 42 jumbo bags and four cartons of Loud cannabis weighing 1,762.8 kg from his warehouse, plus foreign cash.
Operatives of the NDLEA’s Special Operations Unit arrested wanted drug baron
Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, alias Chisco Bee, after weeks of intelligence and
surveillance on his activities.[1][2]The 42-year-old businessman and hotelier,
managing director of Franc CJ Ibemesi Nig Ltd, was picked up at his Daisy
Garden Hotel on Ago Palace Way in Isolo, Lagos, in the early hours of
15 November 2025.[1][2]He then led officers to his warehouse on Pius Ezeobi
Street, also in Isolo, where they recovered 42 jumbo bags and four cartons of
Loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 1,762.8 kilograms.[1][2]Officers also
seized foreign cash from him at the point of arrest: 11,600 US dollars, 2,000
British pounds, 2,200 euros and 50 Canadian dollars.[1][2]
The NDLEA said Ibemesi had operated under the cover of a businessman and
hotelier while wanted for his criminal activities.[1][2]
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