A wanted drug baron, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, alias Chisco Bee, has finally been arrested by operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Spokesman of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement on Sunday.
Babafemi said the suspect, who operates under the cover of a businessman and hotelier, was arrested after weeks of intelligence and surveillance on his criminal activities.
The 42-year-old Ibemesi who is the MD/CEO of Franc CJ Ibemesi Nig Ltd was arrested at Isolo area of Lagos in the early hours of Saturday, November 15, 2025, the statement said.
His arrest came when he
was traced by operatives to his Daisy Garden Hotel, 66-68 Agbeke street, Ago palace way, Isolo, Lagos.
He was then taken to his warehouse at 7, Pius Ezeobi street off Ago Palace Way, Isolo where 42 jumbo bags and four cartoons of Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 1,762.8 kilograms were recovered.
According to the NDLEA, also seized from him at the point of his arrest include: $11,600 US dollars; 2,000 British Pounds; 2,200 Euros and 50 Canadian dollars, all in cash.
The statement also said
attempt by a drug syndicate operating at Orita-Apeje, Araromi-Okeodo forest reserve, Ife South LGA, Osun State to load and distribute across the country large quantities of processed skunk, a strain of cannabis, weighing a total of 11,135 kilograms was thwarted on Tuesday 11th November by NDLEA operatives.
Babafemi saud the feat was achieved after days of surveillance in the forest.
He stated that : “Two trucks being used to transport the illicit consignments : a Volvo truck marked WWR 29 XA and a Mercedes truck with registration number AWK 713 YZ were seized and seven suspects arrested.
“Those in custody in connection with the seizure are: Lucky Abiodun; Julius Amos; Victor Ngbikili; Sunday Oduegwu; Ibrahim Akanni; Eze Godstime; and Fred Ifeanyichukwu.”
Also, the statement said : “A total of 1,902.1 kilograms of skunk were recovered in parts of Edo State.
“While 184.1kg was recovered along a bush path at Oza/Igbanke road, Igbanke, in Orhionmwon LGA on Thursday, 13th November, 672kg was evacuated from Utese forest, Ovia North East LGA on Friday 14th Nov, with 494kg recovered from a Mercedes Benz car marked DE311BEN along Benin-Akure road where a suspect Felix Edah, 45, was arrested same day, just as Lucky Abagha, 51, was nabbed in another Mercedes Benz car marked JJJ 56 JW conveying 552kg.
“While four suspects: Micheal Okoh; Offor Agada; Raphael Nkemjika and Nwabueze Franklin were arrested with 68kg skunk and 3.150kg methamphetamine along Ijebu-Ode expressway in Ogun State, Danjuma Tukura, 50, was nabbed with 172kg skunk at Sunkani area of Ardo Kola LGA, Taraba State on Friday 14th November and Wisdom Titus, 24, with 84kg of same substance at Takum area of the state.
“In Adamawa State, NDLEA operatives on Friday, 14th November recovered 396,000 capsules of tramadol from a suspect Ahmed Isyaku Nda, 50, at Aliyu Mustapha International Airport Yola, while 785kg of skunk was evacuated from the warehouse of a drug dealer currently at large at Asob Maraba Karu, Nasarawa state.
“Two suspects: Jamiu Kunle Kardoso and Oriyomi Waliu were on Friday, 14th November arrested with 130 pouches of Canadian Loud weighing 65.150kg in Surulere area of Lagos, just as Taofeek Moraina was nabbed same day with 282 blocks of Ghana Loud with a gross weight of 141kg at Otto, Oyingbo area of Lagos.
“In Kwara State, NDLEA operatives on Thursday, 13th November intercepted a truck marked T- 0262KT along Ilorin – Jebba expressway conveying 197 blocks of skunk weighing 78.565kg and 155 cartons of rubber solutions.
“The truck driver Umar Yakubu was taken into custody.
“In another operation, a commercial bus with registration number KJA- 657CY was intercepted at Eiyenkonrin, Ilorin on Wednesday 12th November with 20 blocks of skunk concealed in a 50-litre jerry can recovered and the driver Ibrahim Bello arrested.”
The state stated that the various commands and formations of the agency across the country also intensified their continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitization activities during the week under review.
The activities were taken to schools, worship centres, work places and communities among others.
“These include: WADA sensitization lecture to students and staff of Government Day Secondary School, Birnin Ruwa Gusau, Zamfara; Holy Ghost Secondary School, Abakaliki, Ebonyi; Government Science Technical School, Ringim, Jigawa; City Girls Secondary School, Enugu; Randle Junior Secondary School, Surulere, Lagos; and Anglican Girls Grammar School, Obalende, Ijebu Ode, Ogun state, among others,” the statement said.
In his reaction, the Chairman/CEO of NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa commended officers and men of the SOU, Osun, Lagos, Edo, Ogun, Taraba, Adamawa, Nasarawa, and Kwara Commands for the arrests and seizures.
Marwa enjoined them and their colleagues across the country to continue with the ongoing balanced approach to the drug control efforts of the agency.
(vitalnewsngr.com)
