The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered 653kg of Colorado and Loud, a strong strain of cannabis sativa, in Lagos and Abuja raids, respectively.

NDLEA spokesman Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja that operatives on a stop-and-search operation on Thursday, September 4, arrested a dispatch rider.

Mr Babafemi said the suspect was nabbed in the Gwarimpa area of the FCT while conveying 3.1kg of Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis.

He said that operatives acting on credible intelligence in Lagos on Monday, September 1, arrested two suspects while loading four distribution vehicles at their 28, Ola Street, Ijesha Surulere home.

“Recovered from them include: 9kg of Canadian Loud; 5kg of Colorado, and 1,101 compressed blocks of Ghana Loud.

“This was weighing 611kg, bringing the total weight of the combined seizures to 625 kilograms,” he said.

In another raid in Lagos on Friday, September 5, a couple was arrested with 24.4kg of skunk.

Mr Babafemi said the strain of cannabis was recovered from their home in the Ajegunle area of the state.

He said that a 45-year-old suspect was also arrested with 53.400kg of skunk concealed in two cartons in the trunk of his Toyota Avensis car marked ABC 338 SS in Kogi.

According to him, a 23-year-old was nabbed in a follow-up operation in Auchi, Edo, on Friday, September 5, in connection with the earlier seizure of 233kg of skunk in Kakau, Kaduna State.

Similarly, 11,000 pills of tramadol were recovered from a suspect when he was arrested by NDLEA operatives on Wednesday, September 3, at 61, Bida Road, Onitsha, Anambra.

In the same vein, operatives on patrol along the Minna-Bida Road, Niger State, on Tuesday, September 2, intercepted a white Toyota Hilux vehicle, leading to the arrest of the driver and seizure of 30 bags of skunk weighing 342 kg.

(NAN)