A Chinese businessman, Liang Tak You, has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos for attempting to smuggle 26.10 kilograms of Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, into Nigeria.
He was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday, July 25, 2025, after arriving on an Emirates flight from Bangkok via Dubai.
According to the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, Liang had travelled to Thailand to collect two suitcases filled with 50 parcels of the drug before flying into Nigeria.
“NDLEA operatives who were tracking his movement from his port of departure allowed him to pass through necessary protocols before picking him up on his way out of the airport,” Babafemi said.
Liang’s arrest was one of several recorded across the country in a week-long crackdown on drug trafficking.
In Calabar South, Cross River State, an 80-year-old woman, Grace Ekpeme, was arrested on Saturday, July 26, after officers found over three kilograms of skunk in her home following a tip-off.
On July 23, a man named Chidi Agbafo was intercepted on the Epe-Ajah expressway in Lagos with 21.7kg of Colorado and 3.8 litres of codeine syrup. He was reportedly transporting the drugs to Warri and Oghara in Delta State in a commercial bus.
The same day, a shipment of Canadian Loud concealed in 202 cans labelled “Bean Salad Mix” was discovered in a container from Canada at the Apapa Port. The 101kg of cannabis was hidden inside two Toyota Sienna vehicles.
Other arrests and seizures were made in various states. On the Abuja-Kaduna highway, 71,000 pills of opioids were found in the possession of a suspect, Usman Musa, who was travelling to Kano in a commercial vehicle.
In Maiduguri, Borno State, a 30-year-old woman, Binta Usman, was caught with 30.1kg of skunk at her residence. Another suspect, Bala Abdullahi, was later arrested in the same area.
In Ondo State, three brothers—Nanna, Chizom, and Maxwell Ozirinye—were arrested in Idoani during a raid on a cannabis farm. Over 2,500kg of cannabis was destroyed on the farm, and another 121.4kg already processed was recovered.
In Benin, Edo State, a 26-year-old woman, Bright Sunday Okon, was caught with cannabis and methamphetamine in the Asakpa area. In Keffi, Nasarawa State, 105.4kg of skunk was recovered from an abandoned vehicle.
Other seizures included 6,400 pills of tramadol in Minna, Niger State; 113kg of skunk in Ifo, Ogun State; and more than 10,000 capsules of tramadol along the Gombe-Bajoga road.
In Kogi State, drugs hidden in garri and dried scent leaves led to the arrest of a suspect, Kindness Bala, in Abuja. Another operation in Ayingba uncovered drugs hidden inside a truck at a motor park.
Babafemi said the agency is continuing operations and that several of the suspects are under investigation.
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