NDLEA recovered multi-billion-naira worth of methamphetamine and “Loud” shipments from Canada.

Drugs recovered from containers bearing vehicles and spare parts heading to Ladipo auto parts market in Mushin.

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have recovered ₦3.3 billion worth of Methamphetamine and “Loud” shipments from Canada, after months of intelligence-driven tracking of the cargoes across three continents.

A statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, revealed that drugs were recovered from separate containers bearing vehicles and spare parts heading to warehouses in the Ladipo automobile parts market in Mushin area of Lagos.

Babafemi further disclosed that the two methamphetamine consignments had a combined weight of 83.301kg and valued at ₦124,951,000, while the 867.5kg of Loud was worth ₦2,168,750,000 in street value.
“For the first time in the history of NDLEA’s anti-narcotic operations, two consignments of methamphetamine weighing 83.301 kilograms were on Thursday 12th and Friday 13th December 2024, recovered from separate containers bearing vehicles and spare parts coming from Canada and heading to warehouses in the Ladipo automobile parts market in Mushin area of Lagos.”

“While one of the containers going to Ladipo market through the Sifax bonded terminal was examined on Thursday 12th December, not less than 5.001kg methamphetamine hidden in a bag wrapped in bed sheet that came in a Toyota Camry car, was recovered, even as a businessman, Isaac Onwumere linked with the consignment was promptly arrested.”

“The other container bearing automobile spare parts checked on Friday 13th December was found to contain 1, 735 parcels of Loud packed in 44 jumbo bags with a total weight of 867.5kg and six plastic coolers containing 87 packs of methamphetamine weighing 78.3kg. At least, two businessmen: Nwanolue Emeka and Friday Ogbe have been arrested in connection with the seizure.”