Officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have apprehended an alleged drug kingpin, Frank Ibemesi, popularly called Chisco Bee, after several weeks of monitoring his movements.
The 42-year-old, who serves as the MD/CEO of Franc CJ Ibemesi Nig. Ltd., was picked up in the early hours of Saturday, November 15, 2025, at Daisy Garden Hotel on Agbeke Street, Ago Palace Way, Isolo, Lagos.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, Ibemesi was later led to a warehouse on Pius Ezeobi Street, also along Ago Palace Way, where operatives seized 42 jumbo bags and four cartons of “loud,” a potent variant of cannabis, with a total weight of 1,762.8 kg.
Cash found in his possession at the time of arrest amounted to $11,600, £2,000, €2,200, and 50 Canadian dollars.
“A wanted drug baron who operates under the cover of a businessman and hotelier, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, alias Chisco Bee, has been arrested by operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the NDLEA after weeks of intelligence and surveillance on his criminal activities.
“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, November 15, 2025, after which he was taken to his warehouse at 7 Pius Ezeobi Street, off Ago Palace Way, Isolo, where 42 jumbo bags and four cartons of loud, a strain of cannabis, weighing 1,762.8 kilograms, were recovered.
“Also seized from him at the point of arrest were $11,600; 2,000 British pounds; 2,200 euros; and 50 Canadian dollars, all in cash,” the statement partly read.
In a separate operation in Osun State, Babafemi said NDLEA operatives disrupted a drug syndicate at Orita-Apeje, Araromi-Okeodo Forest Reserve in Ife South Local Government Area on Tuesday, November 11.
According to him, the operatives seized 11,135 kilograms of processed skunk and arrested seven suspects.
“Operatives, after days of surveillance in the forest, seized two trucks being used to transport the illicit consignments: a Volvo truck marked WWR 29 XA and a Mercedes truck with registration number AWK 713 YZ, and arrested seven suspects. Those in custody in connection with the seizure are Lucky Abiodun; Julius Amos; Victor Ngbikili; Sunday Oduegwu; Ibrahim Akanni; Eze Godstime; and Fred Ifeanyichukwu,” he said.
In Edo State, Babafemi said officers recovered a total of 1,902.1 kilograms of skunk in separate operations.
These, according to him, included 184.1kg on Oza–Igbanke Road on Thursday, November 13; 672kg from Utese Forest on Friday, November 14; and 494kg from a Mercedes-Benz (DE311BEN) on the Benin–Akure Road, where 45-year-old Felix Edah was arrested.
He added that another suspect, Lucky Abagha, 51, was arrested with 552kg of skunk in a Mercedes-Benz.
“While four suspects — Micheal Okoh, Offor Agada, Raphael Nkemjika and Nwabueze Franklin — were arrested with 68kg of skunk and 3.150kg of methamphetamine along the Ijebu-Ode Expressway in Ogun State, Danjuma Tukura, 50, was nabbed with 172kg of skunk at Sunkani, Ardo-Kola LGA, Taraba State, on Friday, November 14, and Wisdom Titus, 24, with 84kg of the same substance at Takum area of the state,” he added.
