NDLEA arrests 46 and seizes 40 tonnes in Edo July raids
NDLEA's Edo command said its July 2025 operations arrested 46 suspects, took 39,983 kg of narcotics including 39,978 kg of cannabis out of circulation, and destroyed seven cannabis farms covering 15.85 hectares.
🇳🇬 Oke and Ewere forests and Ihama Road, Edo State · Nigeria
NDLEA Edo State Commander Mitchell Ofoyeju, presenting the command’s July 2025
scorecard in Benin City, said intelligence-led operations including raids on
Ihama Road and other drug flashpoints led to 46 arrests, comprising 38 males
and 8 females.[1][2]
The command said it took 39,983.294 kg of narcotics out of circulation, of
which 39,977.644 kg was cannabis, alongside small quantities of psychotropic
substances, methamphetamine, cocaine and codeine syrup.[1][2]
Seven cannabis farms measuring 15.852 hectares across Oke Forest in Uhunmwonde
and Ewere Forest in Uzebba, Owan West, were destroyed.[1][2]
Among those arrested was 49-year-old Alaba Monday of Owan West, described as a
suspected drug baron and cultivator wanted since 2023, caught inside one farm
with eleven bags of processed cannabis weighing 115 kg.[1]Roadside arrests
included 40-year-old Yusuf Isuku with 10.265 kg of skunk concealed in garri on
Wareke Road, Auchi, and 48-year-old Josiah Friday with 36 kg of cannabis on
Igara-Auchi Road.[1]
Case data
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NDLEA operatives stopped a car on the Auchi-Ibillo Road in Akoko Edo, Edo State, and seized 19 bags of cannabis weighing 201 kg in a roundup of cannabis seizures reported on 8 November 2026. The same roundup reported a Benin City drug-joint raid, three arrests at a Taraba checkpoint with 226.255 kg of compressed cannabis, and further raids in Ondo and Lagos.
NDLEA operatives recovered 1,818 kg of cannabis packed in 148 bags in a raid on Odofin Road, Uso, in Ondo State, destroyed a one-hectare cannabis farm in Board Forest and recovered a further 242 kg. Officers arrested 36-year-old Itoro Linus Akpan in operations reported on 8 November 2026.
NDLEA officers found 16.15 kg of Loud cannabis hidden in two wooden sofas from Houston at Lagos airport on 4 November 2026. A freight agent who came to clear the cargo and a caterer who came to collect it were arrested.
NDLEA officers at Lagos airport found 1.20 kilogrammes of cannabis in two of nine parcels hidden in cartons of snacks from the United Kingdom, and arrested a 51-year-old freight agent who came to clear them. The other seven parcels held chemicals for making synthetic cannabis, and a sting in late October 2026 led to a second arrest.