NDLEA nabs US returnee, recovers cocaine in Rivers raid

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 31-year-old United States-returnee, Sowunmi Oludotun, after he showed up to take delivery of 3.350 kilograms of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, imported from the United Kingdom.

The NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, August 30, 2026.

Babafemi said the U.S. returnee was apprehended by NDLEA operatives at Ikate area of Lekki, Lagos State, after he showed up to take delivery of the imported drugs on August 19.

Babafemi revealed that the anti-narcotic officers raided the notorious Abuja Down/Up area of Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, where they recovered a fireproof iron safe among other items.

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“When the safe was cracked open with a welding machine on Tuesday 25th August, 237 grams of colorado, 316 grams of cocaine, and 10 grams of heroin were recovered from it,” he stated.

He added that the agency continued its War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities to schools, worship centres, workplaces, and communities, among others, in the past week.

Babafemi listed the activities to include WADA enlightenment lecture to students and staff of Markaz Littahfizul Quran Wal Islamiyyat, Dadin Kowa, Gombe State; Zangina Islamiyyah Alasawa Kurna, Ungogo LGA, Kano State; youths at the adolescent lifestyle programme organised by NNPC (Limited) in Benin city, Edo State; while the Ondo State Command of NDLEA paid a WADA advocacy visit to Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, with the Taraba State command of the agency paying a similar advocacy visit to Governor Agbu Kefas, among others.