NDLEA destroys 25.4 tonnes of seized drugs in Kebbi, mostly cannabis
The NDLEA in Kebbi State publicly destroyed 25,381.495 kg of seized drugs in Birnin Kebbi on 15 November 2025, including 16,951.105 kg of cannabis sativa. The agency said the destruction followed a Federal High Court order under the NDLEA Act.
🇳🇬 Kolar area, Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State · Nigeria
The Kebbi State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency destroyed 25,381.495 kilogrammes of seized drugs, valued at several billions of naira, at Kolar in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday.[1][2]Cannabis sativa made up the bulk at 16,951.105 kilogrammes, alongside 8,093.381 kilogrammes of tramadol, 336.978 kilogrammes of Akuskura described as THC, 0.027 kilogrammes of cocaine and a trace of methamphetamine.[1][2]
Deputy Director of General Operations Muhammed Usman, representing Chairman Mohamed Buba Marwa, said the public destruction followed an order of the Federal High Court in Birnin Kebbi under Section 3(1) of the NDLEA Act.[1][2]Marwa said the exercise showed the agency’s commitment to a drug-free society and warned those in illicit drug activity.[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.