NDLEA seizes illicit substances concealed as Christmas cookies, detains Lagos-based distributors
A social media network used for the distribution of illicit substances disguised as imported Christmas cookies and snacks has been uncovered and dismantled by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with two masterminds arrested and taken into custody after a raid on their Lekki hideout in Lagos.
Image maker of NDLEA , Femi Babafemi revealed in a statement that the drug syndicate run by the duo of Deji Adesanya and Olubiyi Majekodunmi had imported consignments of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis and a variety of colourful designer sachets with pictures and labels of cookies and snacks printed on them, and used to package the psychoactive substance in retail quantities.
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 where a large quantity of the designer sachets and 5kilograms of Loud were recovered from them at the point of their arrest.
In another operation in Lagos, NDLEA operatives on Thursday 27th November arrested a 38-year-old drug kingpin Philip Ucheka while taking delivery of 110 pouches of Canadian Loud weighing 55.6kg at Ladipo area of Mushin. At the point of his arrest, three delivery vehicles were also seized from him.
At a courier company in Lagos, 100grams of Loud concealed in teddy bear imported from Thailand were intercepted on Thursday 27th November while a consignment of 548 capsules of tramadol hidden in bottles of Vitamin C and Magnesium going to the United Kingdom were recovered at another logistics firm the following day, Friday 28th November
Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd) commended the officers and men of DOGI, Lagos and other Commands for their various successful operations, and encouraged them and their colleagues across the country to continue with the ongoing balanced approach to the Agency’s drug control efforts.
