Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of high-potency illicit drugs concealed in water purifier machines shipped to Lagos from the Netherlands.
According to a statement made available to ThelensNG on Sunday by NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the illicit drug consignments — mainly 3 kilograms of ketamine and 199 grams of MDMA (Ecstasy) pills — were concealed in the water purifier machines and seized at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
In Kaduna, NDLEA operatives arrested a couple, Musa Sunday and Mercy Sunday, along with another suspect, Salomi Ezekiel, 38, following the seizure of 100 jumbo bags of skunk weighing a total of 1,246 kilograms from their residence in the Gonin Gora area of Kaduna on Sunday, May 24.
NDLEA officers on patrol along the Abuja-Kaduna Highway near Jere on the same day intercepted a 30-year-old suspect, Sunusi Musa, who was found with 380 rounds of military-grade 7.62mm RLA ammunition while travelling to Katsina State. Babafemi disclosed that the suspect and the recovered ammunition have since been handed over to the appropriate security agency for further action.
Elsewhere (Niger State), NDLEA operatives acting on credible intelligence raided a warehouse at Gidan Kukah, Bosso Local Government Area where 457 kilograms of skunk were recovered on Wednesday, May 27 and a suspect, Godwin Zakka, 46, arrested at his Gbeganu, Minna residence in connection with the seizure.
Operatives on patrol along Onitsha/Enugu Expressway in Enugu State also intercepted a Taraba State-bound commercial vehicle marked JAY-158-YF on Thursday, May 28. A search of the bus led to the recovery of 22,000 pills of tramadol, 100 ampoules of pentazocine, and 200 grams of bromazepam, while a suspect James Maigari Wisdom was arrested.
Similarly, the Agency’s Commands and formations across the country continued their War Against Drug Abuse (WADA) sensitisation activities in schools, worship centres, work places, communities, and other places in the past week.
The activities included WADA enlightenment lecture for students and staff of Government Secondary School, Adiabo, Cross River; St Patrick’s Memorial College, Wukari, Taraba; Roman Catholic Mission Nursery and Primary School, Ibeju Lekki, Lagos; and Kings Secondary School, Amawbia, Anambra State.
Commenting on the arrests and seizures, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), commended the officers of Kaduna, DOGI, Niger, and Enugu Commands for their professionalism and commitment.
Marwa also appreciated their drug supply reduction efforts, balanced with WADA sensitisation activities, while urging them and their compatriots across the country not to rest on their laurels.
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