The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, weighing 4,173.5 kilograms with a street value of N10, 433, 750,000.00 at the Tin Can Island Port, Lagos.
The NDLEA in a statement obtained by Vital News on Wednesday said the successful interdiction of the illicit drug consignment followed painstaking intelligence gathering, sustained surveillance, and trailing of the container, which brought the drug to the Tin Can Island Port in Lagos.
According to the NDLEA, the container which was transloaded a number of times since it left Toronto, Canada on 28th March, conveyed through rails to Montreal, where it was loaded on board a vessel, Jakarta express voyage, which arrived Tanger Med Port in Morocco on 15th April, discharged and reloaded on another vessel, Osaka voyage, which eventually arrived the Lagos Port on Saturday 9th May 2026.
The statement was signed by the Spokesman of the agency, Femi Babafemi.
He stated that : “The over two months of monitoring the shipment by the Marine Intelligence Unit of NDLEA and the Tin Can Island Strategic Command of the Agency, working in close collaboration with international partners particularly the United Kingdom Home Office International Operations, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, culminated in the eventual seizure of the consignment on Tuesday, 12th May during a joint examination of the container by NDLEA operatives, men of Customs Service and other security agencies.
“The development comes barely four days after NDLEA operatives raided a Lekki mansion used as stash house where 4,000 parcels of same psychoactive substance weighing 2,326 kilograms worth over N5,815,000,000.00 were recovered.
“The illicit drug consignments from Canada were professionally packed and concealed inside two vehicles : a used Ford Bus and a Mercedes Benz C300 car, stashed within the shipping container.”
The statement said the exhibits were handed over by the Nigeria Customs Service at the Port in Lagos on Wednesday 13th May.
Speaking at the hand over event, the NDLEA’s Director of Seaports Operations, ACG Ibinabo ArchieAbia said the “achievement once again demonstrates the effectiveness of inter-agency cooperation, international collaboration, and intelligence-driven operations in combating transnational organized crime and illicit drug trafficking.”
In his reaction to the development, the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, retired Brig.-Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa, commended the officers of the Tin Can Command and the MIU of the Agency for their vigilance and professional conduct.
Marwa noted that the volume of recent Loud seizures highlights a coordinated attempt by international drug syndicates to flood the Nigerian market with synthetic strains of cannabis.
The NDLEA boss said: ”This second massive seizure in less than a week is a clear message to the international syndicates who think they can use our ports as entry points for their soul-destroying trade.
“The synergy between NDLEA and Customs Service as well as other security agencies and our international partners like the Canadian Royal Mounted Police, the UK-HOIO and the US DEA is yielding fantastic results.
“We will not rest until every link in this supply chain is broken and those behind these shipments are brought to justice.”
(vitalnewsngr.com)
