Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a clandestine laboratory producing Colorado, a synthetic strain of cannabis, in a residential building at Ajao Estate, Isolo, Lagos.
They recovered large quantities of freshly cooked Colos and various precursor chemicals and arrested the 30-year-old lab owner, Stephen Kelechi Imoh.
A statement by the Agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, the discovery followed months of intelligence gathering on possible Colos laboratories in Lagos.
He said, ‘’This effort began after NDLEA officers intercepted consignments of freshly produced Colos in March and May 2025 in the state, a development suggesting that the dangerous psychoactive substance, which was previously imported, was now locally produced.’’
He said the investigation paid off on Thursday, October 30, 2025, when NDLEA officers raided the residential apartment in Ajao Estate, Isolo, Lagos, which Kelechi had converted to a laboratory.
He listed items recovered from the apartment to include freshly cooked Colos weighing 16.2 kilograms; ADB-CHMNACA Cannabinol – 1.7kg; Potassium Carbonate – 4.5kg; and Dibromobutane – 91 litres.
In another Lagos operation, NDLEA operatives on Saturday, November 1, raided the enclave of a 28-year-old drug dealer, Afeez Salisu (alias Malu), in Mushin.
The Agency said it recovered 16 compressed blocks of Ghana Loud (a strain of cannabis) as well as designer sachets and bottles of Colorado weighing 16.4kg.