By Kamsi Anayo
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA on Monday publicly destroyed 329,865.585 Kilo grammes of assorted illicit drugs.
The illicit drugs with an estimated street value of N301 billion were destroyed in Lagos, following a court-ordered exercise.
This was contained in a statement by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi on Monday in Abuja.
Babafemi said that the exercise conducted pursuant to orders of the Federal High Court, Lagos Judicial Division, disposed of uncontested concluded cases and abandoned seizures.
He also said the NDLEA Chairman, retired, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa described the exercise as a bold demonstration of Nigeria’s resolve to protect her people and deny criminal enterprises the resources they needed to thrive.
Marwa noted that behind every kilo gramme of narcotics destroyed laid a story of a young life at risk, a family torn apart by addiction, and communities endangered by drug-related crime and impaired driving.
According to him,, 246,864.535 kilo grammes of the total consignment were seized by the Lagos Strategic Command of the Agency between April 2025 and May 2026.
“83,001.05 kilo grammes came from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Tincan and Apapa strategic commands, as well as the Marine command and a Special Operations Unit, all operating within Lagos.”
Marwa said that the destroyed illicit drugs comprised mainly cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, cannabis of different strains including Canadian Loud and skunk, Ephedrine, Tramadol, Codeine syrup and other opioids, as well as Khat leaf.
The NDLEA boss said that the destroyed consignment represented more than the elimination of contraband.
He stressed that illicit drugs weakened the labour force, raised healthcare costs, discouraged investment and drained public resources that should go into education, healthcare and infrastructure.
He added that every consignment intercepted by the agency saved the country billions of naira in potential losses linked to addiction, crime and social dislocation.
