Drug Enforcement Agency Busts Clandestine ‘Colos’ Lab In Lagos

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have uncovered a clandestine laboratory where Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis, is being produced in a residential building located at Ajao Estate, Isolo, Lagos State.

During the operation, NDLEA arrested the 30-year-old lab owner, Stephen Kelechi Imoh, and discovered that the facilities had large quantities of freshly cooked Colos and various precursor chemicals for drug production.

NDLEA’s spokesperson Femi Babafemi said the discovery followed months of intelligence gathering on possible Colos laboratories in Lagos after NDLEA officers intercepted consignments of freshly produced Colos in March and May 2025 in the state, a development that suggested that the dangerous psychoactive substance, which was hitherto imported into the country, was now locally produced.

According to the NDLEA, “The effort paid off on Thursday, October 30, 2025 when NDLEA officers raided the residential apartment in Ajao estate, Isolo Lagos which the suspect converted to a laboratory for cooking Colos, a strain of cannabis produced with the psychoactive plant and various chemicals.

“Recovered from the apartment include: freshly cooked Colos weighing 16.2 kilograms; ADB-CHMNACA Cannabinol -1.7kg; Potassium Carbonate -4.5kg and Dibromobutane – 91 litres.”

In another operation in Lagos, NDLEA operatives on Saturday, November 1, raided the enclave of a 28-year-old drug dealer Afeez Salisu (alias Malu) in Mushin where 16 compressed blocks of Ghana Loud, a strain of cannabis as well as designer sachets and bottles of Colorado weighing 16.4kg were recovered from him.

A music artist, Godspower George Osahenrumwen whose stage name is Steady Boy was on Thursday, October 30, arrested by NDLEA operatives while attempting to take delivery of a large consignment of Loud, a strain of cannabis concealed inside three cartons of bathtub imported along with other items such as cloths and gadgets from New York, United States.

NDLEA said this followed the seizure of the shipment which arrived at the import shed of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos from the US aboard a DHL flight on Tuesday, October 28.

The 20-year-old music artist was nabbed at Bougain Villa, Primewater Gardens 2, Freedom way, Lekki Lagos when he showed up as the consignee to take delivery of the 140 bags of Loud with a gross weight of 77.20kg on behalf of a syndicate, which includes his manager, Zion Osazee Omigie (a.k.a Zee Money) who is currently at large.

In Kaduna, NDLEA operatives on patrol along Abuja – Jos highway on Sunday, October 26, intercepted a consignment of 84,710 capsules of tramadol coming from Onitsha, Anambra State and heading to Bauchi. A follow up operation in Bauchi led to the arrest of the recipient Musa Abdulkarim, 27.