NDLEA seizes 8,852kg illicit drugs consignment amidst heavy shooting in Lagos

Operatives the NDLEA, have seized a total of 8,852 kilograms (8.8 tons) of Canadian Loud, an imported synthetic strain of cannabis, at the Eleko beach road in Lekki area of Lagos.

NDLEA’s spokesperson, in a statement on Sunday, May 7, said the illicit drugs were seized after a 30-minute gunfight with armed men who were escorting the consignment loaded in two long trucks.

“Acting on credible intelligence, NDLEA operatives had laid ambush for the traffickers along the Eleko beach road in Lekki and at about 4:51am on Thursday 4th May, two long trucks conveying the illicit consignments were flagged down but rather than stopping, the trucks escorted by armed men sped off, as a result of which there was an exchange of g¥nfire that lasted 30 minutes.

After they were overpowered by the NDLEA operatives, the truck drivers and their armed escorts escaped into the bush abandoning the trucks and the drug consignments.