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NDLEA nabs wanted drug baron ‘Chisco Bee,’ seizes 1.7 tonnes of cannabis in Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a wanted drug kingpin, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, after weeks of intensive intelligence gathering and surveillance.
In a statement on Sunday, the agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, said Ibemesi, popularly known as “Chisco Bee,” had been operating under the guise of a businessman and hotelier.
According to Babafemi, the 42-year-old, who serves as the MD/CEO of Franc CJ Ibemesi Nig. Ltd., was apprehended in the early hours of Saturday, November 15, 2025, at his Daisy Garden Hotel located at 66–68 Agbeke Street, Ago Palace Way, Isolo, Lagos.
He was subsequently taken to his warehouse at 7 Pius Ezeobi Street, off Ago Palace Way, where NDLEA operatives recovered 42 jumbo bags and four cartons of Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, weighing 1,762.8 kilograms.
Babafemi further disclosed that cash found in the operation included $11,600, £2,000, £2,200, and 50 Canadian dollars.
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