NDLEA seizes 5.8 tonnes of cannabis across five states
Nigeria's NDLEA seized 5.8 tonnes of cannabis in raids across Ogun, Edo, Ondo, Ekiti and Oyo states between 21 and 26 November 2022, arresting seven dealers and destroying 12.42 hectares of farms. The haul included a 1,884 kg warehouse stash in Edo and a 566.5 kg bus load bound for Onitsha.
🇳🇬 Ogun, Edo, Ondo, Ekiti and Oyo states · Nigeria
NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi announced on 27 November 2022 that the agency had seized5.8
tonnes of cannabis from dealers across five states in raids run between 21 and 26 November.[1][2]In Edo, officers evacuated 141 bags weighing 1,884 kg from a warehouse in Okpe forest,
Akoko-Edo, on 22 November, then seized 1,512 kg in Obi Camp forest, 216.5 kg at Okada
junction, and 529.5 kg plus a Sienna bus loaded with 566.5 kg bound for Onitsha, arresting
Ismaila Abubakar and Sunday Mathias.[1][2]
In Ogun, officers arrested Ibrahim Yusuf with 4 kg at Gasline, Ifo, on 21 November and
recovered 570 kg in Ogunmakin forest; in Ondo, Onyebuchi Chime was arrested with 88 kg, a gun
and ammunition in Oke-Ogun forest on 25 November, and 149.5 kg more was recovered in Ipele
forest.[1][2]Officers destroyed 12.42 hectares of cannabis farms and recovered 195 kg at
Efon Alaye in Ekiti, arresting Richard Ebong and Nze Abraham, and arrested Rahmat Adebayo
with 136.3 kg at Sabo-Ilupeju in Oyo.[1][2]
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.