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NDLEA Intercepts Major Consignments of Illicit Drugs in Seven States

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November 2, 2026

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted large consignments of illicit drugs in operations across seven states.

According to a statement by the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the seizures were recorded in Lagos, Kano, Kaduna, Sokoto, Ondo, Oyo and Edo States.

In Lagos, operatives acting on intelligence intercepted a white Volkswagen LT 28 bus along Kudirat Abiola Way, Ikeja, and recovered 537 kilograms of skunk being transported from the Island to the Mainland.

In Kaduna, a raid at Tashan Banke led to the arrest of several suspects and the recovery of 178.85 kilograms of cannabis, alongside quantities of diazepam, tramadol, Exol-5 and pregabalin.

Along the Zaria-Kano Expressway, a 68-year-old man was arrested with thousands of ampoules and tablets of controlled substances, including pentazocine and diazepam.

In Ondo State, operatives raided cannabis farms in the Ijare forest and recovered 16 bags of processed cannabis weighing 180 kilograms. Four suspects were arrested in connection with the operation.

Similar seizures of cannabis, opioids and other illicit substances were recorded in Sokoto, Oyo and Edo States during the period under review.

NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), commended the officers involved and charged them to sustain the tempo against drug cartels while intensifying drug demand reduction efforts.

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Oyo Police Arrest Suspected Serial Burglar, Recover Stolen Items Worth N16.2m

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59 minutes ago

November 2, 2026

Mariam Balogun

The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a suspected serial burglar, Nasiru Abiodun, in connection with multiple burglaries in Ibadan, recovering stolen items valued at over N16.2 million.

The suspect was arrested on Saturday, 31 October 2026, at about 9:45 am in the Ejiooku/Iyana Offa area of the state capital.

According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, the arrest followed a report by residents of Oyewole Zone 2, Ile-Igbon, which prompted operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit to act.

Operatives apprehended Abiodun at a residential apartment with a sack containing house cables and other valuables estimated at N3 million.

Upon interrogation, the suspect confessed to burgling four different residential apartments in the area, carting away house cables, mobile phones, motorcycle batteries and other household items.

The total estimated value of the stolen property across the identified incidents was put at N16.22 million, some of which has already been recovered from him.

Police operatives have visited the affected residences to advance the investigation. Efforts are ongoing to recover the remaining stolen items and apprehend those suspected of receiving the property.

The Command has appealed to residents of Ejiooku, Iyana Offa, Ile-Igbon and neighbouring communities whose homes may have been burgled recently to report such incidents to the nearest police station or the Maku Base of the Violent Crime Response Unit.