The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confirmed the arrest of a Chinese national, Liang Tak You, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, with a massive drug haul.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Liang was intercepted with 50 parcels of Loud, a strong cannabis variant, weighing 26.10kg. He had reportedly flown into Nigeria from Bangkok, Thailand via Dubai, UAE.
Babafemi said the suspect, a naturalised Malaysian, picked up the drug-laden suitcases in Thailand before heading to Nigeria. “NDLEA officers who had been tracking his movements allowed him to go through airport protocols before arresting him on his way out,” the agency confirmed.
In a separate operation, NDLEA operatives in Cross River arrested an 80-year-old woman, Grace Ekpeme, in Calabar South with over 3kg of skunk. Similarly, in Lagos, a suspect named Chidi Agbafo was arrested along the Epe-Ajah Expressway with 21.7kg of Colorado and 3.8 litres of codeine syrup en route to Delta State.
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The statement detailed multiple drug interceptions and arrests across several states. At the Apapa Seaport, 101kg of Canadian Loud was found hidden in a container loaded with imported food tins from Canada. In Abuja-Kaduna, operatives seized 71,000 pills of opioids from a suspect in a commercial bus.
More seizures were recorded in Borno, Edo, Kogi, Niger, Ogun, Nasarawa, and Gombe States. Notably, three brothers were arrested during a raid on a cannabis plantation in Ondo where 2,500kg of skunk was destroyed.
The agency also recovered drugs disguised in moimoi sachets, food packs, and garri sacks—highlighting the innovative but desperate tactics of drug traffickers.
NDLEA Chairman Buba Marwa has promised an unrelenting crackdown on drug syndicates, urging the public to support ongoing intelligence operations.
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