NDLEA destroys N329bn worth of illicit drugs in Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has destroyed 329,865.585 kilogrammes of assorted illicit substances with an estimated thoroughfare worth of N301.058 cardinal successful Lagos.

The court-authorised demolition exercise, conducted connected Monday astatine Navy Town, Ojo, followed orders issued by the Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division, and progressive narcotics from concluded uncontested cases arsenic good arsenic abandoned seizures.

According to a connection by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, 246,864.535kg of the drugs were seized by the agency’s Lagos Strategic Command betwixt April 2025 and May 2026.

The remaining 83,001.05kg were recovered by the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Tincan and Apapa Strategic Commands, Marine Command and a Special Operations Unit operating wrong Lagos.

The substances destroyed included cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, assorted strains of cannabis specified arsenic Canadian Loud and skunk, ephedrine, tramadol, codeine syrup, different opioids and khat leaves.

Speaking astatine the exercise, the NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), described the demolition arsenic a objection of the country’s determination to forestall illicit drugs from fuelling transgression activities and undermining society.

Marwa noted that each quantity of n...