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Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have recovered illicit drugs worth over N1 billion from a hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos State.
According to the anti-narcotics agency, the drugs were recovered from a brand new 80-room hotel following hours of combing by operatives.
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Recovered during the raid were 589 bags of Canadian Loud, a strong strain of cannabis, with a total weight of 417.3 kilograms, worth N1,042,500,000 in street value.
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Three suspects: Eze Ayitu, Ofuokwu Samuel, and Emmanuel Ameh, were arrested in the course of the operation at the five-storey hotel building between April 25 and 26, 2025, while two other suspects: Noble Philip and his partner, Kenneth, are currently at large.
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