The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled a social media drug network in Lagos, arresting two distributors who packaged cannabis as imported Christmas cookies.
The distributors, identified as Deji Adesanya and Olubiyi Majekodunmi, had imported Canadian loud, a potent strain of cannabis, along with branded sachets printed with cookie and snack labels to conceal retail quantities of the drug.
Cannabis concealed in cookie and snack sachets
The agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, said the syndicate operated via a whatsapp group used to take and dispatch orders.
“Following credible intelligence about the activities of the syndicate which operates and distributes through a whatsapp platform, NDLEA operatives on Saturday 22nd November 2025 raided their apartment at Ojulari street, Ikate area of Lekki.
“A large quantity of the designer sachets and 5 kilograms of loud were recovered from them at the point of their arrest,” the statement read.
A separate operation in Mushin on November 27 led to the arrest of Philip Ucheka, 38, who was receiving 110 pouches of Canadian loud weighing 55.6kg.
Philip Ucheka
Three vehicles tied to his distribution activities were also confiscated.
At a courier company in Lagos on November 27, a teddy bear shipped from Thailand was found to contain 100 grams of loud, while 548 tramadol capsules hidden in Vitamin C and magnesium bottles bound for the United Kingdom were recovered at another logistics company the next day.
Along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, NDLEA operatives arrested Wasiu Kareem, 55, with large quantities of 8,000 ampoules pentazocine injection, 590 bottles of codeine syrup, 1,500 co-codamol tablets and 9,900 tramadol capsules.
On November 24, a raid on Ipe forest in the Akoko south east area of Ondo state led to the arrest of seven suspects and the recovery of 3,077kg of skunk.
The suspects are identified as John Ede, Ede Ndubuisi, Ikenna Abe, Eze Chukwuma, Maduabuchi Odo, Nnaji Chudubem and Gorge Okowor.
John Ede, Ede Ndubuisi, Ikenna Abe, Eze Chukwuma, Maduabuchi Odo, Nnaji Chudubem and Gorge Okowor
Similarly, in Kogi state, operatives arrested Anthony Sylvester, 49, along the Okene-Lokoja highway on November 26 with 649kg of skunk concealed in a truck.
Anthony Sylvester
Officers at the NDLEA Seme special area command carried out a separate raid on a warehouse in Ashipa, near the Seme border, recovering 487 blocks of skunk weighing 243.5kg and arresting Abubakar Shuaibu, 33.
Abubakar Shuaibu
In Kano, NDLEA operatives arrested Tsalha Alasan, 47, with 137kg of skunk along the Zaria-Kano road on November 24.
In Bauchi state, three suspects; Godspower Appeal, Ernest Upong and Godday Chukwudi were intercepted with 322 blocks of skunk (209kg) at Fanshanu village in Toro local government area.
Godspower Appeal, Ernest Upong and Godday Chukwudi
A black Toyota Highlander (registration ABJ 533 EA) reportedly used to convey the drugs was also impounded.
On November 29, John Ekoja, 51, was arrested along the Abuja-Jos highway with 210.15kg of skunk.
John Ekoja
Along the Abuja-Kaduna highway, a couple identified as Abdullahi Abubakar, 45, and Jamila Abdullahi, 35 were arrested with 725 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition hidden in a sack of maize.
Abdullahi Abubakar, Jamila Abdullahi
Another suspect, Awwal Sabiu, 20, was arrested on November 28 at the Abuja-Kaduna tollgate with 400 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition.
NDLEA chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd), commended the Lagos, Ondo, Oyo, Kogi, Kano, Kaduna, Seme and Bauchi commands for the coordinated operations.
He urged officers to maintain the agency’s balanced approach combining enforcement with community-focused education.
UK police said Tuesday they arrested a 14-year-old schoolgirl in the northwestern English city of Manchester after two students and a staff member were wounded in a school stabbing.
The girl was arrested on suspicion of assault and was in custody for questioning, Greater Manchester Police said in a statement.
Three people were injured — a 14-year-old schoolgirl, a 14-year-old schoolboy and a 27-year-old man who is a member of staff — with what were believed to be stab wounds.
“All were taken to hospital; however, injuries are thankfully not believed to be serious, and all are stable at this time,” police said following the incident at the Co-op Academy north of central Manchester.
The school decided to go into lockdown following the attack, as emergency vehicles surrounded the building, the Manchester Evening News reported.
“Officers will remain at the school and within the area to provide a visible presence and community reassurance,” police chief inspector Jon Shilvock said.
The UK government is trying to clamp down on youth knife crime and the sale of banned knives and machetes, including on online platforms.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested and charged in February over the suspected stabbing of two boys at a London school.
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC) Kwara State Command, has arrested a 34-year-old man, Akinola Tosin, for allegedly defrauding a Point-of-Sale (PoS) operator using a fake bank transfer alert while also impersonating a member of the Nigerian Army.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASC 1 Ayoola Michael, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Monday, June 8, 2026 said the suspect was apprehended following a complaint from a POS operator in the state.
According to the statement, the suspect allegedly obtained N40,600 from the operator after presenting a fake debit alert as proof of payment.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect collected the sum of Forty Thousand Six Hundred Naira (#40,600) after presenting a fake debit alert to the POS operator, deceiving the victim into believing a successful transfer had been made,” the statement read.
“Further investigations revealed that the suspect had been impersonating a member of the Nigerian Army using a fake military identity card bearing his name, alongside military-related paraphernalia, which he allegedly used to gain public trust and facilitate his criminal activities.
“The suspect also confessed to previous fraudulent activities involving multiple victims, while further investigation uncovered a suspected accomplice, identified as one Feranmi Idoko Godwin, who is currently at large.
“Efforts are ongoing to apprehend the fleeing suspect and conclude investigations.
“Items recovered from the suspect include, 2 Opay ATM cards, 2 UBA ATM cards, 2 First Bank ATM cards, 1 PalmPay ATM card and 1 National Identity Card.
“The suspect will be prosecuted in accordance with the law upon the conclusion of investigations.
“The NSCDC Kwara State Commandant, Commandant Abbas Ndah Mohammed, reaffirmed the Corps’ unwavering commitment to combating crime and other forms of criminality, while urging members of the public to remain vigilant and verify electronic transactions before releasing cash, goods or other valuables.”
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a self-styled native doctor, Olorunbukunmi Taiwo, and his wife, Awolegan Omolola Omotola, for an alleged contract scam to the tune of N1,098,961,500 (One Billion, Ninety Eight Million, Nine Hundred and Ninety-one Thousand, Five Hundred Naira Only).
The couple were arraigned before Justice Abubakar Usman of the Federal High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on a six-count charge bordering of obtaining money by false pretence and retention of proceeds of crime contrary to Section 17(a) of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004.
Taiwo and Omotola were arrested when a widow, Anazia Colina Kenechukwu, a proprietor of a private school in Delta State, petitioned the EFCC alleging that the first defendant, Taiwo, approached her to finance a road construction contract purportedly awarded to him by the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC).
Kenechukwu further alleged that a total sum of N1,980,000,000.00 (One Billion, Nine Hundred and Eighty Million Naira Only) was paid into Taiwo’s account domiciled with Access Bank Plc.
Investigation further revealed that the couple invested the proceeds of the illicit activities in the acquisition of two properties in Ado-Ekiti, namely: Town Tavern Lounge, located at No. 1, Ikere Road, off Florence Court School, Ado-Ekiti, and a four-bedroom bungalow located on Florence Court, Irewolede Estate, Ado-Ekiti
The Commission had on Monday, May 25, 2026 secured the interim attachment of the two properties.
Count 2 of the charge reads:
“That you, Olorunbukunmi Taiwo and Awolegan Omolola Omotola, sometime between January 2024 and November 2025, in Ilorin within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, with intent to defraud, obtained the sum of N1,098,961,500.00 (One Billion, Ninety-Eight Million, Nine Hundred and Sixty-One Thousand, Five Hundred Naira) from one Anazia Colina Kenechukwu, which was paid to you through Olorunbukunmi Taiwo’s account number 0027303340 domiciled with Access Bank Plc, by falsely representing that same would be used to execute a road construction contract awarded to you by the Delta State Oil Producing Area Development Commission (DESOPADEC), a pretence you knew to be false, and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 1(1)(a) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act, 2006 and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act.”
When the charges were read to them The defendants pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to them.
Following their pleas, counsel to the EFCC, Sesan Ola, prayed the court to fix a date for trial and order the remand of the defendants.
Justice Usman adjourned the matter until Thursday, June 11, 2026, for hearing of the bail application, and commencement of trial. The judge also ordered the remand of the defendants in the EFCC holding facility.
