NDLEA uncovers Lekki mansion used as drug stash house, seizes cannabis worth ₦5.8bn

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a Lekki, Lagos mansion allegedly used as a major drug stash house, recovering 4,000 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, with an estimated street value of ₦5.815 billion.

 

The operation, carried out on Friday, May 8, was conducted by a Special Operations Unit at a property located on African Lane, Lekki Phase 1.

 

According to NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, the seized drugs weighed about 2,326 kilograms and were stored alongside two Mercedes-Benz buses and assorted designer packaging materials allegedly used for distributing the illicit substances.

 

In a separate operation in the Ijora Badia area of Lagos on Wednesday, May 6, NDLEA officers raided a skuchies production facility where two suspects, Bose Jamiu and Gbenga Gege, were arrested while allegedly processing cannabis mixed with other substances.

 

A total of 270 litres of already produced skuchies and 106 grams of Tramadol were recovered from the site.

 

The agency also reported the arrest of three persons living with disabilities in separate drug trafficking operations across Anambra and Kwara States.

 

In Anambra, a 60-year-old man, Romanus Nwabara, was arrested with 250 grams of skunk in retail sachets in Akpaka Forest, Onitsha. Another suspect, Amos Kenneth, 25, was arrested in Ogbunike with various quantities of Tramadol, Diazepam and skunk.

 

In Kwara State, NDLEA operatives intercepted Usman Salisu along the Bode Saadu axis with 6.3 kilograms of skunk concealed in a school bag during a routine search of a commercial vehicle.

 

In Nasarawa State, Emmanuel Osita Okeke, 38, was arrested in Nyanya-Karu with 129 kilograms of skunk, while in Kogi State, three suspects were arrested along the Okene–Lokoja highway after operatives intercepted a commuter bus conveying 766 kilograms of cannabis hidden in 76 jumbo bags.

 

NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), commended the operatives involved in the various operations across Lagos, Anambra, Kwara, Kogi and Nasarawa States, describing their efforts as part of sustained operations under the agency’s “War Against Drug Abuse” campaign.

 

He urged officers nationwide to maintain the momentum in both drug supply reduction and public sensitisation activities across communities, schools and worship centres.