The NDLEA says it has intercepted cannabis and codeine-based cough syrup consignments worth more than N5 billion at the Apapa and Tin Can Island ports in Lagos and at Onne port in Rivers State, spokesman Femi Babafemi disclosed in a statement on Sunday 4 October 2026.[1][2]

At Apapa Port, operatives working with the Nigeria Customs Service and other agencies searched two containers from Bangkok, Thailand, following intelligence.[1][2] One container held 161 parcels of Thai Loud weighing 124 kg, valued at N372 million, concealed inside two refrigerators and two cartons.[1][2]

At Tin Can Island Port, operatives searched a container from Montreal, Canada, on 29 September and recovered 2,595 parcels of Canadian Loud weighing 1,297.5 kg, valued at more than N3.8 billion, hidden inside a Toyota Sienna and a Hyundai Elantra alongside 24 blue drums and six jumbo bags.[2]

At Onne Port, two watch-listed containers yielded 40 packs of Loud weighing 22 kg from a travelling bag plus three vehicles, and a second container held 109,600 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup weighing 16,440 kg, shipped from India with an altered route via Saudi Arabia; the Onne consignments were valued at N833.2 million.[2]