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NDLEA Uncovers Drugs Worth ₦5.8 Billion, Arrests Three Persons With Disabilities For Drug Trafficking

Published May 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM

The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested three persons living with disabilities for drug trafficking during interdiction operations in parts of Anambra and Kwara states.

Naija News reports that the NDLEA’s Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement issued on Sunday, disclosed that operatives, acting on intelligence, tracked 60-year-old Romanus Nwabara to Akpaka Forest in Onitsha, Anambra State.

Babafemi said Nwabara was found with 250grams of skunk in retail sachets.

He further stated, “In a different raid at Ogbunike area of the state, NDLEA officers on Thursday, May 7, arrested another PWD, Amos Kenneth, 25, with 160.3grams of Tramadol 225mg and 100mg; 80 pills of Diazepam; 38.23grams of Exol 5 and 176.93 grams of skunk.

“In Kwara, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Bode Saadu on Friday, May 8, intercepted a commercial vehicle, and in the course of a search, one of the passengers, a PWD, Usman Salisu, was found with 6.3 kilograms of skunk concealed in a brown school bag.”

Similarly, the operatives of a Special Operations Unit (SUO) in NDLEA on Friday, May 8, raided a Lekki, Lagos mansion used as a stash house where 4,000 parcels of Loud, a strong strain of imported cannabis weighing 2,326 kilograms with a street value of over ₦5.8 billion, were recovered.

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.

The NDLEA, during a patrol along the Okene/Lokoja highway in Kogi State, 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 the Ijora Badia area of Lagos State, NDLEA officers on Wednesday, May 6, raided a makeshift skuchies production factory, where two suspects, Bose Jamiu and Gbenga Gege, were arrested.

While the suspects were caught in the act of cooking cannabis and mixing it with other illicit substances, a total of 270 litres of already produced skuchies and 106grams of Tramadol 225mg were recovered from them.

Commending the officers and men of the SOU, Anambra, Kwara, Kogi, Nasarawa and Lagos Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures, Chairman of the NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) noted that their drug supply reduction efforts were balanced with WADA sensitisation activities, and charged them and their compatriots across the country to maintain the current tempo.