The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 77 packages of Canadian ‘Loud,’ a potent synthetic strain of cannabis, at Tincan Port in Lagos. The discovery was made during a joint examination of containers with the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and other stakeholders.
Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy for the NDLEA, revealed in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that the drugs were concealed in the body compartments of four vehicles: a Toyota Highlander, Ford Explorer, Toyota Corolla, and Toyota Sienna. The consignment, imported from Canada, weighed a total of 38.5 kilograms and was intercepted on Friday, August 22.
Two suspects, Abiodun Salami, 34, and Lekan Atoyebi, 33, who were assigned to clear the shipments, have been taken into custody.
In a separate operation, the NDLEA arrested Isiagu Sunday in Mushin Ojuoye, Lagos, on Thursday, August 1. He was found in possession of 1,740 bottles of codeine syrup weighing 174 liters and 1,070 tablets of Molly weighing 600 grams.
Additionally, the agency recovered 50 bags of cannabis with a gross weight of 520 kilograms in the bush at Isuada, Owo council area of Ondo State. Five suspects—Jimoh Omotosho, 63; Donald Obi, 62; Emmanuel Patrick, 21; Kayode Oluwaseun, 39; and John Nsikan, 34—were arrested in connection with the seizure of 42 kilograms of the same psychoactive substance in Itaogbolu forest, Akure North Local Government Area.
In Edo State, 22.5 bags of cannabis weighing 220 kilograms were recovered from Egbeta community in Ovia North East on Tuesday, July 30. A suspect, Osayede Aghoma, was arrested, and another suspect, Ibrahim Abubakar, 55, was apprehended on Wednesday, July 31, with 40 blocks of cannabis weighing 19.2 kilograms. The substance was intercepted along the Okene-Lokoja highway in a commercial bus en route from Lagos to Kano.
