The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested three persons living with disabilities over alleged involvement in drug trafficking during separate operations carried out in Anambra and Kwara states.
The agency also uncovered a massive cannabis warehouse in Lekki, Lagos, with drugs estimated to be worth over ₦5.8bn, while another operation led to the shutdown of a skuchies production site in the state.
Details of the operations were contained in a statement released on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi.
According to the agency, one of the suspects, 60-year-old Romanus Nwabara, was arrested on Wednesday, May 6, 2026, at Akpaka Forest in Onitsha, Anambra State. Officers allegedly recovered 250 grams of skunk already packaged in small retail sachets from him.
Babafemi said another suspect, 25-year-old Amos Kenneth, was arrested the following day during a raid in Ogbunike, also in Anambra State. Items recovered from him included 160.3 grams of Tramadol, 80 Diazepam pills, 38.23 grams of Exol-5 and 176.93 grams of skunk.
In Kwara State, NDLEA operatives on patrol along the Bode Saadu route intercepted a commercial vehicle on Friday, May 8. During a search, a passenger identified as Usman Salisu, who is also physically challenged, was allegedly found with 6.3 kilograms of skunk hidden inside a brown school bag.
In a separate operation in Lagos, officers attached to the NDLEA Special Operations Unit raided a mansion located at 36 African Lane, Lekki Phase 1, allegedly being used as a drug warehouse.
The agency said operatives recovered 4,000 parcels of Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, weighing 2,326 kilograms with an estimated street value of more than ₦5.815bn.
Two Mercedes-Benz buses and branded packaging materials reportedly used for distributing illicit drugs were also seized from the property.
Babafemi further disclosed that another suspect, Emmanuel Osita Okeke, was arrested in Nyanya, Karu area of Nasarawa State with 129 kilograms of skunk.
He added that NDLEA officers also intercepted a white commuter bus along the Okene-Lokoja highway in Kogi State, where 76 jumbo bags of skunk weighing 766 kilograms were recovered.
Three suspects — Mathew Omohove, Ebuka Desmond and Babangida Musa — were arrested in connection with the seizure.
Meanwhile, NDLEA operatives raided a makeshift skuchies factory in the Ijora Badia area of Lagos, where two suspects, Bose Jamiu and Gbenga Gege, were allegedly caught producing the substance by mixing cannabis with other illicit drugs.
The agency said 270 litres of already processed skuchies and 106 grams of Tramadol were recovered during the operation.
Babafemi noted that NDLEA commands across the country also sustained their War Against Drug Abuse awareness campaigns in schools, worship centres, workplaces and local communities.
NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), commended officers involved in the various operations and urged them to intensify efforts aimed at reducing drug trafficking and abuse across the country.
