NDLEA intercepts imported drugs hidden in snacks, arrests fashion designer in Lagos

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a consignment of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, concealed in snack food packs, which arrived from the United States aboard a Delta Airlines flight at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Ikeja, Lagos State.

The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued on Sunday, said the illicit drug with a gross weight of 2.90 kilograms was intercepted at the import shed of the Lagos airport on April 8, 2026.

Babafemi disclosed that two cargo clearing agents, Animashaun Moshood Adetunji and Mercy Gabriel Oluwasegun, were initially arrested in connection with the seizure before the consignee, Saheed Adeshina Adegoke, a 29-year-old fashion designer, was nabbed in a follow-up operation in the Ogba area of Lagos State, on April 13, 2026.

He added that NDLEA operatives on patrol along Kaduna-Zaria highway intercepted a trailer conveying cement heading to Hadeja in Jigawa State on April 13.

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Babafemi noted that a search of the truck led to the recovery of 760 blocks and 33 jumbo bags of skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing 847 kilograms.

Babafemi said the 33-year-old truck driver, Umar Haruna, was arrested in connection with the seizure.

He stated that two suspects, Chinedu Ogbekene and Zindozin Bienvenu, were arrested along the Lagos-Badagry expressway while conveying 11,900 capsules of tramadol and 400 ampoules of phenobarbital injection in a truck to Ghana on April 15.

He added that NDLEA operatives also raided a two-storey building at Petti, Lagos Island, where a total of 95.8kg skunk was recovered on April 15.