Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency arrested Nura Ibrahim, 40, and Habibu Sadiq, 38, with 120 blocks of cannabis weighing 148.7kg along the Zaria-Kano road in Kano on 2 April 2023.[1][2] In Lagos, officers recovered at least 418.5kg of cannabis and a Sienna space bus used to convey it from the Patey drug hub on Lagos Island on 6 April.[1][2] Officers arrested Azi Solomon at Ojota garage the same day while he was attempting to move 23kg of cannabis to another state.[1][2] In Taraba, officers seized 40.9kg of cannabis from Haruna Adamu, 32, and Salisu Ibrahim, 30.[3]
At Tincan seaport in Lagos, NDLEA officers intercepted 110 parcels of Colorado, a strain of cannabis, weighing 55kg hidden in container MSCU 4972769 from Toronto via Montreal in Canada, which held five used vehicles.[1] The illicit consignment was discovered in the container bearing five units of used vehicles during a joint examination of the cargo by NDLEA and other port stakeholders.[1] Officers recovered 205.6kg of cannabis from the home of a fleeing suspect in the Gida Dubu area of Bauchi metropolis.[4] The Sokoto State command also received 667.6kg of cannabis seized by Customs officers along the Illela-Niger Republic border.[1] The NDLEA said these seizures totalled 1,559.3kg of cannabis seized during interdiction operations in five states in the past week.[1][2]
The cannabis seizures were announced in the same 9 April NDLEA statement that reported the arrest of Surinamese man Dadda Lorenzo Harvy Albert with 117 parcels of cocaine at Port Harcourt International Airport, a separate cocaine case not counted here.[1] NDLEA Chairman Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa commended officers in Port Harcourt, Tincan, Kano, Lagos, Imo, Taraba, Bauchi and Sokoto commands for the operations.[5]