Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested an Indian businessman, Gupta Ravi Kumar, and three other Nigerian accomplices in connection with the interception of 2,248,000 pills of tramadol (200mg/225mg) at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.
Naija News reports that NDLEA, in a statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed that the shipment worth ₦3.9 billion, disguised as multivitamins in 114 cartons, was imported from Delhi, India, and arrived at the Lagos import shed on Monday, September 8, on an Ethiopian Airlines flight.
Babafemi said operatives initially placed the goods under surveillance before intercepting a clearing agent and two drivers attempting to move the cargo in two trucks on Thursday, September 11.
The statement reads, “A team of NDLEA officers who had put the consignment under surveillance however swooped on a clearing agent and two drivers who were trying to move the shipment out of the airport in two trucks on Thursday September 11. A follow up operation the following day, Friday led to the arrest of the Indian businessman Gupta Ravi Kumar, when he was trying to take delivery of the consignment.
“At the terminal 2 departure gate of the airport, NDLEA operatives on Sunday September 7 intercepted a passenger Onyeganochi Stanley Ifeanyi travelling on a Qatar Airline flight to Doha. A search of his bag led to the recovery of 900grams of skunk, a strain of cannabis concealed in crayfish. As a first-time traveler, Onyeganochi claimed the bag was given to him to help take to Doha by a Qatar-based Nigerian Ohadiegwu Anthony Uchenna who actually followed him to the airport.
“His confession led to the arrest of Uchenn, who was still within view. Operatives who searched Uchenna’s hotel room in Ajao estate discovered an additional 200grams of the same psychoactive substance. He claimed he was to return to Doha days later and pick the bag from the unsuspecting Onyeganochi if he had succeeded in escaping security checks.
“At the Tincan port in Lagos, a total of 161 parcels of Canadian Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 81.7kg and 1.2kg hashish oil were recovered from a 40ft container of vehicle spare parts and used vehicles imported from Montreal Canada during a joint examination of the shipment on Tuesday September 9. Two suspects: John Ochigbo, 53, and Okeke Kingsley, 26, have been taken into custody in connection with the seizure.
Another shipment of Canadian Loud with a total weight of 65kg was tracked from the port to Third Mainland bridge, where NDLEA operatives intercepted a Toyota Sienna vehicle conveying the consignment, recovered it and arrested the driver, Abubakar Ibrahim, 42, on Thursday, September 11.
“Two separate shipments of methamphetamine concealed in picture frame and Loud, hidden in video players were seized at two courier companies in Lagos on Monday 8th and Thursday September 11 respectively by NDLEA operatives. While six grams of meth recovered from the picture frame were meant for delivery in Gabon, 1.1kg Loud in the decoder machines was heading to the United Arab Emirate.”
Similarly, the NDLEA operatives acting on intelligence on Thursday, September 11, 2025, raided a factory producing skuchies, a blend of cannabis and black currant drink in the Ikorodu area of Lagos.
Babafemi stated that no less than 6,029 bottles of the new psychoactive substance and 4,232kg of cannabis were recovered from the factory located in Caritas, Ibeshe area of Ikorodu.
According to him, the factory manager, Joy Awosika, was arrested, while another suspect, Akeem Oriola, was arrested the same day in the Mushin area of Lagos with 26kg of skunk.
In Abuja, NDLEA operatives on a stop and search operation at Utako area of the FCT on Thursday, September 11, arrested a dispatch rider, Godsplan Vincent, 29, while on a mission to distribute 50.7grams of cocaine and 66grams of Loud.
Three female suspects: Faidat Azeez, 25; Alanu Fatimoh, 40, and Mojeed Taiwo, 25, were arrested in Lagbondoko and Akitan areas of Oyo town, Oyo State, in connection with the seizure of 17kg of skunk found in their possession.
The statement added, “No fewer than 100,000 pills of tramadol 200mg/225mg were seized from a suspect Musa Shuaibu, 38, at Gadar Tamburawa, along Zaria – Kano road on Monday September 8 while 196 litres of Akuskura, a new psychoactive substance, were recovered from Abubakar Adamu, 35, at Na’ibawa area of Kano by NDLEA operatives who also seized 34.1kg skunk, 493 tubes of rubber solution and 25 litres of ‘suck and die’, an NPS, from Basiru Umar, 18, at Wailari area, Kumbotso LGA, Kano state on Thursday September 11.”
Also in Anambra state, a couple, Nzube Onyedika, 41, and Ebele Onyedika, 42, were arrested during a raid operation at Obosi, where 13.9kg of Methamphetamine and 5.3kg of skunk were recovered from them, while various quantities of meth, tramadol, swinol, heroin and skunk were seized from another suspect, Nnamchi Tochukwu, 36.
In Yobe, a suspect, Mohammed Auwa, was arrested after 36 blocks of cannabis sativa weighing 22.1kg were recovered from his residence at Gadan Talakawa area of Potiskum, while three trans-border drug traffickers: Kunyadi Kunle Ogbungbun, 24; Olalekan Adewale, 20; and Sanya Joshua,22, were nabbed with 394kg skunk at Imeko area of Ogun State during a joint operation by NDLEA operatives with the police and local vigilante on Sunday, September 7. Three motorcycles used in conveying the illicit consignment were also recovered.
In Edo state, a total of 16,966.633 kilograms of skunk were destroyed on a cannabis plantation measuring 6.786653 hectares at Ugbogyi forest, Ovia South West LGA, while 112 bags of processed cannabis weighing 1,176 kilograms were also recovered at the farm, where four suspects: Ebenezer Ewang, Oshore John, Emmanuel Monday and David Sunday were arrested.
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