NDLEA busts clandestine Colos lab in Lagos, intercepts Loud consignments in bathtubs

November 2, 2025

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.

In a statement on Sunday by the spokesperson of the Agency, Femi Babafemi, the residence in Ajao estate, Isolo Lagos with large quantities of freshly cooked Colos and various precursor chemicals for drug production were recovered and the 30-year-old lab owner, Stephen Kelechi Imoh arrested.

According to him, 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.

“The effort paid off on Thursday, 30th October, 2025 when NDLEA officers raided the residential apartment in Ajao estate, Isolo Lagos which Kelechi 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.