NDLEA said the illicit drugs, weighing about 330,000 kilogrammes, comprised seizures from concluded cases and abandoned consignments that had been taken out of circulation.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Monday destroyed about 330 kilogrammes of assorted narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances seized in Lagos.
Mr Marwa, a retired brigadier general, said the drugs comprised seizures from concluded cases and abandoned consignments that had been taken out of circulation.
“We are today publicly destroying a total of 329,865.585 kilogrammes of assorted narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, representing uncontested concluded cases and abandoned seizures of illicit drugs permanently removed from circulation,” he stated.
He explained that 246,864.535 kilogrammes of the drugs were seized by the NDLEA Lagos Strategic Command between April 2025 and May 2026.
The remaining 83,001.05 kilogrammes, he said, were seized by the agency’s Moritola-Mamme International Airport, Tincan, Apapa, Marine and Central Intelligence and Investigation Team (CITF) commands, all within Lagos.
The drugs destroyed included cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, different strains of cannabis, particularly Canadian Loud and skunk, ephedrine, tramadol, codeine syrup and other opioids, as well as khat leaves.
According to Mr Marwa, the drugs had an estimated street value of N301.058 billion.
“That is over N301 billion that will never find its way into the pockets of drug barons or into the ruining of a single Nigerian home,” he said.
The NDLEA chief said the significance of the destruction went beyond the monetary value of the drugs, noting that every kilogramme of narcotics represented a potential threat to individuals, families and communities.
“For us at the NDLEA, behind every kilogramme of these drugs lies a tragic story: a young person whose future may have been destroyed, a family torn apart by addiction, communities terrorised by drug-induced crimes, and road crashes caused by impaired drivers,” he noted.
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