The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Kolapo Raji, Chairman and CEO of Trans Fortress Global Resources, a Lagos-based real estate developer, at his residence in Ikate, Lekki, on February 12, 2026. Raji, 57, was arrested after returning from the United Kingdom and had been on the agency’s watchlist since 2025. A search of his residence led to the recovery of 89.20 kilograms of Canadian Loud, a strain of cannabis, and a 2024 Toyota Hilux vehicle.

In another operation, an Ivorian national, Michael Gohouri, 41, was arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport while attempting to board an Ethiopian Airlines flight to Milan via Addis Ababa. Gohouri had ingested 82 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.49 kilograms and was expected to earn 5,000 Euros upon delivery.

The NDLEA has also made other significant arrests and seizures, including:

– Ugwuja Kingsley with 56 kilograms of skunk at Agbara

– Ekwe Arinze with 76 kilograms of skunk at Oshodi

– 170,900 bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Port Harcourt Ports Complex

– 7,300 pills of tramadol 225mg along the Okene-Lokoja highway

– Bright Timothy with 195 kilograms of skunk at Iju forest, Ondo State

– Godwin Bernard with 198 kilograms of skunk at Iju forest, Ondo State

– 936 kilograms of skunk from Yahaya Adamu Gimba in Bauchi State.