NDLEA don catch one guy wey dey act like police officer, dem find 292kg cannabis for Delta.

NDLEA don catch one guy wey dey act like police officer, dem find 292kg cannabis for Delta.

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) officers catch one 49 year old man wey dem dey call Innocent Ekpe for Delta State. Dem talk say di man dey do like senior police officer, but e just dey carry 292. 48 kilo cannabis

NDLEA say dem katch am Wednesday, September 16, 2026, for Benin Onitsha Expressway for Asaba. The cannabis, wey dem dey call skunk, dey hide inside one silver Toyota Sienna bus. One 39 year old man, Nduka Joseph, wey dem suspect say e work together with Ekpe, na him dem katch too.

NDLEA say first investigation show say Ekpe pretend say e na Godwin Emeka, one Deputy Superintendent of Police, and e use fake police identity card so that security people for checkpoints no go check am well when e dey carry the drugs go different states. The case still dey under investigation and court process fit follow.

The Delta operation na part of bigger NDLEA operation for different states and Federal Capital Territory. The agency say dem seize more than 1.3 million tramadol and other opioid pills and capsules, plus about 6,000 kilograms cannabis. Dem value all the drugs for more than ₦3.4 billion for street.

For Lagos, NDLEA officers seize 603.75 kilograms Canadian Loud for Tin Can Island Port. The agency say the drugs come from Montreal, Canada, and dem hide am inside 31 black big bags wey dey inside two Toyota Sienna vehicles for one 40 foot container.

NDLEA also report say dem catch people and Dem seize cannabis, pharmaceutical opioids and other controlled drugs for Edo, Niger, Lagos, Gombe, Imo and Ondo states. For Ondo, officers destroy one two hectare cannabis farm wey dem estimate say e contain about 5,000 kilograms skunk.

NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), praise the officers wey take part for the operations and call on dem to continue with intelligence work against drug trafficking and other offences connected to drugs.

The latest operation show say Nigerian authorities still dey face serious challenge for the fight against drug trafficking, as some people dey try hide illegal drugs and use different ways to pass security checks.