Operatives of the National Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) have intercepted a 20,000-litre fuel tanker carrying 2,145 kilogrammes of cannabis hid in a false compartment in Ondo State.
The tanker, marked MKA 960 XC, was intercepted alongside the Akoko/Lokoja Expressway on Friday, September 4, 2026, after its driver allegedly refused to cease when flagged down by NDLEA operatives.
In line with NDLEA Director of Media and Publicity, Femi Babafemi, the driving force subsequently deserted the tanker at a church premises in Ugbe Akoko and fled into the bush.
A search of the automobile led to the invention of a specifically hid compartment containing 165 baggage of cannabis weighing 2,145kg. The illicit consignment was hidden alongside the tanker’s official fuel cargo, which was reportedly destined for Jos, Plateau State.
The company described the invention as one of many important interceptions recorded throughout its newest intelligence-led operations. It additionally stated the tanker was infamous for evading arrest in earlier operations.
The seizure fashioned a part of a wider coordinated crackdown on drug trafficking carried out by the NDLEA throughout 9 states, together with Lagos, Adamawa, Ondo, Kaduna, Bauchi, Ekiti, Kogi, Taraba and Enugu.
In a separate operation in Lagos, NDLEA operatives recovered 966,200 tablets of Tramadol 225mg, valued at greater than N1.1 billion, from a consignment imported from Pakistan. The tablets have been reportedly hid amongst thrift trousers in a 21-carton cargo.
The company additionally reported the restoration of 57.80kg of Loud, a potent pressure of cannabis, from a cargo from Singapore, in addition to different seizures of cannabis, opioids and psychotropic substances in completely different elements of the nation.
NDLEA Chairman and Chief Government Officer, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (retd.), recommended the officers concerned in the operations and urged them to maintain efforts to disrupt drug trafficking networks.
Marwa warned that traffickers utilizing official companies and complex concealment strategies to maneuver illicit medicine would proceed to be focused by the company.
The motive force of the seized tanker remained at giant as of the company’s newest assertion, with the circumstances surrounding the cargo topic to additional investigation.
