In a recent operation, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency uncovered a shipment of cannabis-infused candies intended for sale in a children’s store in Lagos. He wrote: “Narco-trends: One of the latest seizures by #ndlea_nigeria officers is candies confirmed to contain a strong strain of cannabis.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a 24-year-old Thai national, Ms. Pattaphi Wimonnat, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. She was caught attempting to smuggle 43 parcels of “Canadian Loud,” a potent synthetic cannabis strain, totaling 46.60 kilograms, into Nigeria. Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, released a statement on Sunday detailing the arrest. The statement revealed that Ms. Wimonnat was apprehended on Thursday, February 20, 2025, during passenger clearance from a Qatar Airways flight originating from Thailand via Doha. She confessed to…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested two suspected drug kingpins at Port Harcourt International Airport and Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, who excreted a total of 125 wraps of heroin. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrests in a statement issued on Sunday, revealing that one of the suspects, Onyekwonike Elochuckwu Sylvanus, operates under dual identities to evade detection. Sylvanus, 30, was caught at Port Harcourt airport on February 2, 2025, using a Sierra Leonean passport under the name Kargbo Mohamed Foday. “He was intercepted during the inward…