NDLEA seizes 2,120 kg of Ghanaian Loud on Lagos beach
NDLEA officers intercepted 2,120 kg of Ghanaian Loud cannabis at Ilesan beach in Lagos on 28 November 2024, arresting suspect Onibogi Muftau and recovering four vehicles meant to move the shipment from the waterfront.
NDLEA operatives intercepted 2,120 kg of Ghanaian Loud, a strong strain of
cannabis the agency says is produced in Ghana, at Ilesan beach in Lagos on
Thursday 28 November 2024.[1][2]
A suspect, Onibogi Muftau, was arrested in connection with the seizure, and
four vehicles meant to convey the shipment from the waterfront were recovered.[1][2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The same agency roundup reports a separate 472 kg seizure at Idi-Iroko on 25 November and a separate 185.6 kg seizure in Benin City on 28 November, different events left out here.
No charges or court dates for Onibogi Muftau were reported.
The second account reprints the NDLEA statement text.
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.