Operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recovered Loud, a strong strain of imported cannabis, weighing 2,326 kilograms with a street value of over N5.815 billion from a mansion in Lekki, Lagos State.
The recovery of the illicit drug, in 4,000 parcels, was made by the operatives during a raid carried out on May 8, 2026.
Also seized from the house located at 36, African Lane, Lekki Phase 1 include: two Mercedes Benz buses and different designer sachets used in packaging the illicit substance for retail distribution.
While Emmanuel Osita Okeke, 38, was arrested with 129kg skunk at Nyanya Karu, Nasarawa State on May 4, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Okene/Lokoja Highway, Kogi State on May 8 intercepted a white commuter J5 bus heading to Abuja.
A search of the vehicle led to the recovery of 76 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 766kg and the arrest of three suspects: Mathew Omohove, Ebuka Desmond, and Babangida Musa.
In an operation at Ijora Badia area of Lagos, NDLEA officers on May 6 raided a makeshift skuchies production factory where two suspects: Bose Jamiu and Gbenga Gege, were arrested.
They were caught in the act of cooking cannabis and mixing the same with other illicit substances.
A total of 270 litres of already produced skuchies and 106 grams of Tramadol 225mg were recovered from them.
With the same zeal, Commands and formations of the Agency across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities in schools, worship centres, work places, and communities among others in the past week.
These included WADA enlightenment lecture for students and staff of Ta’al Model Secondary School, Lafia, Nasarawa State; Federal College of Education, Ilawe Ekiti, Ekiti State; traditional rulers in Udi LGA, Enugu State; Adventist Secondary Technical College, Owerrinta Isialangwa LGA, Abia State; Golden Anchor Secondary School, Shomolu, Lagos State; Mary Hanney Secondary School, Oron, Akwa Ibom State; Mallam Ibrahim Islamiyya School, Rano, Kano State; and Isemi-Ile Grammar School, Isemi-Ile, Kajola LGA, Oyo State.
