Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, a high-potency strain of cannabis, weighing 4,173.5 kilograms with a street value of N10,433,750,000 at the Tincan Island Port in Lagos.
The Agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said the seizure followed months of intelligence gathering, surveillance, and tracking of the container from Canada to Nigeria. The shipment departed Toronto on March 28, was transported by rail to Montreal, and loaded onto a vessel identified as Jakarta Express Voyage, which arrived at Tanger Med Port in Morocco on April 15. It was then discharged and reloaded onto another vessel, Osaka Voyage, which eventually berthed at Lagos Port on Saturday, May 9, 2026.
According to Channels Television, the operation took over two months of monitoring by the Marine Intelligence Unit of NDLEA and the Tincan Island Strategic Command, working in close collaboration with international partners including the United Kingdom Home Office International Operations, the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
These efforts culminated in the eventual seizure of the consignment on Tuesday, May 12, during a joint examination of the container by NDLEA operatives, men of the Customs Service, and other security agencies.
Speaking during the handover of the seized exhibits at the port in Lagos, the NDLEA Director of Seaports Operations, ACG Ibinabo Archie-Abia, said the operation demonstrated the effectiveness of inter-agency cooperation and intelligence-led policing in combating transnational organised crime.
Reacting to the development, NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa, commended officers of the Tincan Command and the Marine Intelligence Unit for their professionalism.
“This second massive seizure in less than a week is a clear message to the international syndicates who think they can use our ports as entry points for their soul-destroying trade, that the synergy between NDLEA and Customs Service as well as other security agencies and our international partners is yielding fantastic results. We will not rest until every link in this supply chain is broken and those behind these shipments are brought to justice,” Marwa said.
