According to the NDLEA, the cocaine consignment consisting of 20 parcels with a total weight of 500grams and buried in the pages of religious books was uncovered at a courier company in Lagos on Tuesday 15th April 2025 when officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation, DOGI, were searching through export cargos going to Saudi Arabia at the logistics firm.

The Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement.

Babafemi disclosed that NDLEA officers intercepted five parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis weighing 2.8 kilograms, hidden in a carton coming from the United States of America at another courier company on the same day.

Reacting to the development, the NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd), commended the officers and men of DOGI, Kano, Lagos, Kaduna, Kebbi, Osun, Zone 13, Edo, and Tincan Commands of the Agency for the arrests and seizures of the past week.

Marwa equally praised their counterparts in all the commands across the country for ensuring a fair balance between their drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.