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NDLEA Arrests American Basketball Player With 34kg Cannabis At Lagos Airport
The agency said the player arrived from Thailand with 32 parcels of Loud and was arrested after abandoning two checked bags at the airport.
- On Wednesday, November 11, 2026, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency operatives arrested Chinedu Onwude, alias Omokan Isaac Babatope, at Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos after discovering 25.05kg of methamphetamine concealed in cereal packs.
- This arrest occurred amid coordinated NDLEA operations across Lagos, Kaduna, Ondo, Delta, Edo, and Osun states, where officers targeted illicit drug supply chains and uncovered an illegal firearms manufacturing factory in Kaduna.
- In separate airport operations, NDLEA operatives intercepted American professional basketball player Greene Da'monte Khiree with 33.95kg of Loud, while Friday patrol officers recovered 196 rounds of AK-47 ammunition and N675,000 cash.
- Investigators linked Onwude's shipment to South Africa-based contact Obiora Okoye, who allegedly promised R20,000 for the delivery; forensic phone examinations confirmed the suspect's trafficking involvement.
- NDLEA Chairman Mohamed Buba Marwa commended the seizures, noting that illegal firearms factories indicate a direct link between illicit drugs and violent crime, urging sustained efforts to reduce supply.
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LAGOS — Nigeria's anti-narcotics agency on Sunday said it had arrested an American professional basketball player with 33.95 kilograms of cannabis in his luggage on arrival...
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NDLEA arrests US basketball player with 33.95kg cannabis at Lagos airport
By Emmanuella Opara | November 15th, 2026 KEY POINTS MAIN STORY The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested an American professional basketball player, Greene Da’monte Khiree, after recovering 33.95kg of cannabis from two bags at an international airport in Lagos. The 28-year-old, from Georgia in the United States, was arrested on Wednesday at the […] Continue reading %%POSTNAME%% at %%BLOGNAME%%.
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