Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recorded major successes in the ongoing nationwide operations.
The agency intercepted illicit drugs concealed in everyday items and arrested multiple suspects.
It also destroyed large cannabis plantations across several states.
The director of Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr. Femi Babafemi, stated that at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, NDLEA officers attached to the export department intercepted 12 parcels of cocaine concealed in the false bottom of food flasks bound for the United Kingdom via a Virgin Atlantic flight.
The seizure, weighing 2.80kg, was made on Thursday, April 9, 2026.
“Two cargo agents, Ama Obinna Ufeim,33 and Ogabi Monday Akorede, 39, were arrested in connection with the consignment. Further investigation led to the arrest of the alleged sender, 52-year-old freight forwarder Agoro Tajudeen Moninuola,” he said.
In a related operation at the airport’s import department, operatives Wednesday, April 8, intercepted 2.90kg of “Loud,” a potent strain of cannabis, concealed in snack packs arriving from the United States on a Delta Airlines flight. Initial arrests of two clearing agents were followed by the capture of the consignee, Saheed Adeshina Adegoke (29), a fashion designer, at his residence in Ogba, Lagos.
In Kaduna state, NDLEA operatives on patrol along the Kaduna–Zaria highway intercepted a cement-laden trailer transporting 760 blocks and 33 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 847kg. The driver, Umar Garba Haruna, 33, was arrested.
A major forest raid in Uwet community, Akamkpa local government area of Cross River state led to the destruction of 15,000kg of skunk cultivated on six hectares of farmland, with an additional 119kg recovered. A 53-year-old suspect, Alice Sunday Udoh, was arrested during the operation.
Similarly, in Edo state, operatives raided a cannabis farm in Saboro camp, Ovia North East LGA, destroying 2,281.43kg of the substance. Three suspects, Nweke Smart, 27, Christopher Egbe, 62 and Monday Ayan, 45 were arrested, with 38.5kg of cannabis and seeds recovered from two of them.
In Delta state, two suspects, Sunday Odili, 49 and Ijenebe Joshua, 39, were apprehended with 87.838kg of skunk and seeds at the Powerline area of Okwo.