Nigeria Customs finds 1.2 tonnes of cannabis from Canada at Tin Can port
Nigeria Customs officers at Tin Can Island Port found 1,201.83 kg of cannabis products in two 40-foot containers from Canada, one load of Delta-8 cookies and gummies and one of Cannabis Indica. Customs valued the combined seizures at N3.674 billion and said they would be handed to the NDLEA for investigation.
🇳🇬 Tin Can Island Port, Lagos · Nigeria
- Cannabis
- 1,201.8 kg
- Value (official estimate)
- NGN 3,674,000,000
Nigeria Customs Service officers at Tin Can Island Port in Lagos found 1.2
tonnes of suspected cannabis products in two 40-foot containers imported from
Canada.[1] The drugs were concealed among imported vehicles and automobile
spare parts.[1]
The first container, MSDU655132/0, was intercepted on 2 September 2026 and held
890 packs of Delta-8 cannabis-infused cookies and gummies weighing 598.08 kg,
alongside a 2008 Mercedes-Benz and a Nissan Infiniti.[1] The second,
SKU625643/6, was intercepted on 16 September and held 1,207 packages of Cannabis
Indica weighing 603.75 kg.[1] It also carried two used Toyota Sienna vehicles,
two used Toyota Corolla vehicles and used engine spare parts.[1] The two
seizures weighed 1,201.83 kg in total and Customs put their combined street
value at N3.674 billion.[1]
Customs Area Controller Joseph Anani said the first seizure followed a joint 100
per cent physical examination by Customs and NDLEA officers.[2] He said the
substances would be formally handed over to the NDLEA, Nigeria’s anti-narcotics
agency, for further investigation.[1] Solomon Omotosho, commander of the
NDLEA’s Tin Can Island Port Strategic Command, warned that unsuspecting
consumers could buy and consume the cookies and gummies without knowing they
contained psychoactive substances.[1]
Sources
- Customs Intercepts 1.2 Tonnes Of Drugs Worth N3.674bn From Canada. LEADERSHIP, 9 October 2026.
- Customs uncovers N3.67b cannabis shipment at Tin Can port, hands over to NDLEA. The Guardian Nigeria, 10 October 2026.
Open questions the AI reported
- The two container seizures happened on 2 and 16 September 2026; Customs announced both at a port briefing on 9 October, and the report is dated at the later seizure.
- No arrests or charges were reported; Customs said the substances would be handed to the NDLEA for investigation.
- LEADERSHIP put the combined street value at N3.674 billion and Guardian Nigeria at about N3.67 billion; the report uses the LEADERSHIP figure.
- Guardian Nigeria says Customs had already handed the drugs to the NDLEA, while the controller's remarks quoted in the same article and in LEADERSHIP say the handover would follow.
- Customs uncovers N3.67b cannabis shipment at Tin Can port, hands over to NDLEA (The Guardian Nigeria) could not be opened again to check its quotations (access challenge: Cloudflare blocked access to the article; archived fallback unavailable (Wayback availability answered HTTP 429). No AI research was started); what it says is as the AI read it.