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VIDEO: NDLEA arrests wanted Lagos hotelier, recovers large drug shipment, foreign currencies
Operatives of the Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted drug baron who operates under the cover of a businessman and hotelier, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, alias Chisco Bee.
Ibemesi was arrested by operatives of the anti-narcotic agency after weeks of intelligence and surveillance on his criminal activities.
In a statement on Sunday, Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesperson, said the 42-year-old Ibemesi, who is the MD/CEO of Franc CJ Ibemesi Nig Ltd, was arrested at his Daisy Garden Hotel, 66-68 Agbeke street, Ago palace way, Isolo Lagos in the early hours of Saturday 15th November 2025.
Babafemi added: “Ibemesi was taken to his warehouse at 7 Pius Ezeobi street off Ago place way, Isolo, where 42 jumbo bags and four cartoons of Loud, a strain of cannabis weighing 1,762.8 kilograms were recovered. Also seized from him at the point of his arrest include: $11,600 US dollars; 2,000 British Pounds; 2,200 Euros and 50 Canadian dollars, all in cash.”