NDLEA arrests notorious drug kingpin in Delta.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a notorious drug kingpin, Sunday Ibigide, three years after launching a manhunt for him.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, confirmed in a statement on Sunday, that Ibigide was caught with 250 blocks of skunk weighing 138 kilograms while attempting to distribute the illicit substance in Delta State.
Babafemi revealed that the suspect had initially come under NDLEA's radar in March 2022 but went underground before being arrested on August 10, 2025.
In a separate operation, Babafemi disclosed that NDLEA operatives raided three cannabis farms in Enugu Ezike, Enugu State, arresting six suspects and destroying 37,500kg of skunk on 15 hectares of farmland.
He noted that the agency also recovered 74.5kilograms of the illicit substance for prosecution, while 20,700 pills of tramadol and cocodamol were seized from another suspect in Enugu.
He also said that in Lagos State, a 52-year-old woman and her 25-year-old son were arrested for storing and distributing 298 blocks of Ghana Loud weighing 149kilograms.
The spokesman added that another suspect was also arrested in Ajah, Lekki, with 8.5kilograms of Canadian Loud, noting that these recent arrests and seizures demonstrate the agency's ongoing efforts to combat drug trafficking and abuse in Nigeria.
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