The agency said it arrested a female suspect identified as Suliyat Abdulsalam in connection with the seizure.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it raided a warehouse in Victoria Garden City (VGC), Lekki, where it recovered 148 cartons of non-medical nitrous oxide, popularly called laughing gas.
The agency said it arrested a female suspect identified as Suliyat Abdulsalam in connection with the seizure.
Confirming the arrest of the suspect on Sunday, the Director of Media and Advocacy for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, disclosed that 108 cartons of fast gas cylinders, 134 pieces of balloons, and 109 cartons of infusion chargers, among other items, were recovered.
He said in Ogun state, NDLEA personnel on Tuesday, July 9, recovered a total of 2,865 kilograms of cannabis at Afami Ibese. The suspected owner, Umar Ibese is currently at large.
The agency added, “At least, 2,455 kilograms of materials for the production of Akuskura, a new psychoactive substance (NPS), were recovered from a warehouse in Konduga town, Konduga LGA, Borno state on Tuesday 9th July when NDLEA operatives in a joint operation with men of the Nigerian Army raided the area.
“The following day, Wednesday 10th July, operatives in Katsina state arrested a 54-year-old Sabo Sule with 47kg cannabis in Katsina town.”