{
  "id": 7133060,
  "title": "NDLEA seizes tonnes of cannabis, other drugs in seven states",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/ndlea-seizes-tonnes-of-cannabis-other-drugs-in-seven-states",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-13T16:29:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Premium Times",
    "slug": "premium-times",
    "url": "https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/909262-ndlea-seizes-tonnes-of-cannabis-other-drugs-in-seven-states.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized over 2.3 tonnes of illicit drugs, including synthetic cannabis, tramadol, and pregabalin, across eight states. The operations involved intercepting consignments from the United Kingdom, with two seizures made at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.\n\nIn the first seizure, 27 parcels of synthetic cannabis weighing 32.2kg were recovered from a large luggage, and a real estate agent, Abideen Salami, was arrested. A second UK shipment led to the arrest of Nurudeen Kadiri, 44, who was designated to receive a consignment of Colorado weighing 12.25kg.\n\nIn Kano, operatives arrested 20-year-old Saidu Adamu with 785,000 capsules of Pregabalin weighing 669.425kg. The NDLEA also recovered consignments of the substances concealed in music speakers at two motor parks in Lagos, with at least seven suspects linked to the seized consignments arrested, according to Punch and Punch Nigeria.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "NDLEA seizes UK-bound cannabis, drugs hidden in bread, speakers",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/ndlea-seizes-uk-bound-cannabis-drugs-hidden-in-bread-speakers",
        "published": "2026-09-13T11:50:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}