NDLEA Seizes N10.4 Billion Worth of Canadian “Loud” Drugs at Lagos Port

As Marwa assures of sustained enforcement

By Olasunkanmi Akoni

NDLEA operatives seized a large shipment of Canadian Loud, a high‑potency strain of cannabis, weighing 4,173.5 kg and valued at N10,433,750,000.00, at Tincan Island Port in Lagos.

The seizure follows a raid four days earlier on a Lekki mansion used as a stash house, where 4,000 parcels of the same drug, totaling 2,326 kg and valued at over N5,815,000,000.00, were recovered.

According to NDLEA Chairman Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), the interdiction was the result of meticulous intelligence gathering, sustained surveillance, and tracking of the container. The shipment was trans‑loaded several times after leaving Toronto, Canada on 28 March, was transported by rail to Montreal, loaded onto the vessel Jakarta Express, arrived at Tanger Med Port in Morocco on 15 April, was discharged and reloaded onto the vessel Osaka Voyage, and finally reached Lagos Port on Saturday 9 May 2026.

Over two months of monitoring by the Marine Intelligence Unit and the Tincan Island Strategic Command, in close collaboration with international partners—including the United Kingdom Home Office International Operations, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police—culminated in the seizure on Tuesday 12 May during a joint inspection of the container by NDLEA, Customs Service, and other security agencies.

The Canadian consignments were professionally packed and concealed inside two vehicles—a used Ford Bus and a Mercedes‑Benz C300—within the shipping container.

Marwa praised the Tincan Command and the Marine Intelligence Unit for their vigilance and professionalism, noting that the volume of recent Loud seizures indicates a coordinated effort by international drug syndicates to flood the Nigerian market with synthetic cannabis strains.

NDLEA chief said, “This second massive seizure in less than a week is a clear message to the international syndicates who think they can use our ports as entry points for their soul‑destroying trade, that the synergy between NDLEA and Customs Service, as well as other security agencies and our international partners like the Canadian Royal Mounted Police, the UK‑HOIO and the US DEA, is yielding fantastic results.”

“We will not rest until every link in this supply chain is broken and those behind these shipments are brought to justice,” he added.

During the handover of the exhibits by the Nigeria Customs Service at the Lagos Port on Wednesday, 13 May, NDLEA’s Director of Seaports Operations, ACG Ibinabo ArchieAbia, said the achievement once again demonstrates the effectiveness of inter‑agency cooperation, international collaboration, and intelligence‑driven operations in combating transnational organised crime and illicit drug trafficking.

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