During a search, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents discovered a large drug gang operating out of an 80-room hotel on Victoria Island in Lagos, confiscating illegal drugs worth more than N1 billion.  

Between Friday, April 25 and Saturday, April 26, NDLEA agents overran the five-story hotel at 16 Waziri Ibrahim Street that was known as The Hook Hotel, Caesar Hotel, and Caesar Lounge.  

According to a statement released by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi on Sunday, 589 bags of Canadian Loud, a powerful cannabis strain weighing 417.3 kilogrammes and valued at N1,042,500,000 on the black market, were found during the operation.

Three suspects, Emmanuel Ameh, Ofuokwu Samuel, and Eze Ayitu, were taken into custody during the operation, according to Babafemi, but Noble Philip and his sidekick Kenneth are still at large.

“Items suspected to be proceeds of illicit drug trade recovered from the premises housing The Hook Hotel also known as Caesar Hotel and Caesar Lounge located at 16 Waziri Ibrahim Street, off Elsie Femi Pearse Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, include: Toyota Prado Landcruiser Jeep (Lagos AKD 472 OZ); Toyota Sienna Vehicle (Lagos KJA 79 HJ); Volkswagen Delivery Van (Lagos AAA 525 JE); Kia Ceranto Car (Lagos BDG 860 GQ); Grand Caravan Dodge (Lagos APP 847 YF); 74 new TV sets; 10 used TV sets; and 13 refrigerators, among others, “ he added.

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