*Operatives of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency seize 66 parcels of loud, a strong strain of cannabis, packaged as green tea, at the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, in Ikeja, Lagos

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Operatives of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have impounded 66 parcels of loud, a strong strain of cannabis, packaged as green tea, at the import shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), in Ikeja, Lagos.

Mr. Femi Babafemi, Director of Media and Advocacy at NDLEA, who disclosed this development in a statement, said the agency made the seizure June 5, 2025, following credible intelligence received ahead of the arrival of the consignment at the cargo wing of the airport May 11, 2025.

Babafemi explained that the NDLEA had watch-listed the shipment, and sustained surveillance around it for over three weeks before inviting other stakeholders for a joint examination last Thursday where it was discovered that the loud consignment weighing 62.20kg was concealed inside wraps of green tea that came from Thailand via United Arab Emirates on an Emirates Airlines flight.

The statement also noted: 鈥淭he seizure made on Thursday, 5th June, 2025 was based on credible intelligence received ahead of the arrival of the consignment at the cargo wing of the airport on 11th May.

鈥淭he NDLEA had watch-listed the shipment, and sustained surveillance around it for over three weeks before inviting other stakeholders for a joint examination last Thursday.鈥�

How loud consignment was concealed, packaged as green tea

The anti-narcotics regulatory agency stated that the Loud consignment weighing 62.20kg was concealed inside wraps of green tea that came from Thailand via UAE on an Emirates Airlines’ flight.

According to NDLEA, in another operation in Lagos, the operatives June 2 intercepted a consignment of 1,665kg skunk, a strain of cannabis, along Lekki-Ajah Expressway and arrested two suspects, Gidado Abdulrasaq Ayinde and Obanla Oluwafemi.