NDLEA arrests man with 351 kg of cannabis in Oba-Ile apartment
NDLEA officers raided an apartment at Oba-Ile, Akure, on 5 October 2026 and arrested 42-year-old Tunde Adebayo with 35 bags of cannabis weighing 351 kg, as part of the agency's nationwide operations roundup announced on 11 October.
Officers of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) raided an apartment at Oba-Ile, Akure, in Ondo State and arrested Tunde Adebayo, 42, with 35 bags of cannabis weighing 351 kg.[1][2]The raid took place on Monday 5 October 2026, the same day officers recovered a separate 290 kg stash at Shasha, another part of Akure.[1][2]
The seizure was announced by NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi in the agency’s statement of Sunday 11 October 2026 covering a nationwide sweep across several states.[1][2]NDLEA chairman Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd) commended the officers involved and urged them to sustain the agency’s enforcement efforts.[1][2]
The reports give no court appearance, charge or sentence for Adebayo.[1][2]
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The same roundup reports a separate seizure of 29 bags weighing 290 kg from a suspect named Happy Endurance at Shasha, Akure, which is left out here as a different event.
The roundup also lists synthetic consignments, including Colorado described as a synthetic cannabinoid and tapentadol and tramadol tablets, which are left out here and their quantities are not counted as cannabis.
Nigeria's NDLEA in Edo State said its October 2026 operations arrested 75 suspected traffickers and seized 2,492.7 kg of cannabis, including 702.83 kg found in a car at Otuo. The command also said it destroyed eight cannabis farms covering 5.73 hectares.
NDLEA officers arrested three men at the Lankaviri checkpoint in Yorro, Taraba State, with 283 blocks of compressed cannabis weighing 226.255 kg. The suspects were held with separate consignments ranging from 47 to 156 blocks.
NDLEA operatives arrested a 32-year-old man at Marine Beach in Apapa, Lagos, on 6 November 2026 and found 6.07 kg of cannabis in a small store inside the sitting room of his apartment. The seizure was announced with opioids, tramadol, pregabalin and codeine recovered in the same search.
NDLEA operatives arrested a 53-year-old man at Osin Forest in Osin Ekiti, Ekiti State, on 5 November 2026 with 216 kilograms of cannabis and cannabis seeds. The agency announced the arrest in a roundup of raids across several states, also listing seizures in Lagos, Ondo, Edo, Delta and Taraba, issued on Sunday 8 November 2026.
