The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA, on Sunday, said it has seized N4.4bn worth of Loud at the Apapa and Lekki ports, even as it arrest a 101-year-old great grandmother for dealing in illicit drug.
Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, also revealed that the NDLEA operatives intercepted cocaine concealed in edible cassava flour popularly known as fufu.
The agency said it seized the large consignments of Loud, a synthetic cannabis valued at over N4.4 billion at the Apapa and Lekki ports in Lagos.
” In a rare and startling development, NDLEA operatives on Saturday, 15th August 2026, arrested a 101-year-old woman, Esther Ogunmabo, in Ilisan, Ogun state, with retail sachets of skunk, a strain of cannabis weighing 90 grams, which she claims she sells to locals
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“The centenarian told operatives that she resorted to the illicit drug trade after her provisions shop was razed by fire, adding that one of her daughters, who resides in Lagos, arranges the supply of the substance to her every four days, which she in turn sold in bits.
” The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has however directed that the suspect be granted bail and placed on counselling because of her advanced age, while her daughter has been arrested.”
In a related development, NDLEA operatives in Akwa Ibom state acting on credible intelligence, on Friday, 21st August intercepted a wooden boat on the high seas conveying illicit drugs to fishing settlements in the Republic of…
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