Mr Babafemi also said at least three traders at the Trade Fair Complex in Ojo area of Lagos had been arrested in connection with the consignments.
The consignment was traced to a warehouse in Greenfield Estate, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, onJanuary 17.
The U.S. plans to strengthen the forensic and chemical analysis capacity, intelligence gathering and prosecution capabilities of the NDLEA.
The anti-narcotic agency said the collaboration would prevent remote communities from turning into an illicit drug den.
Mr Babafemi said that the suspect, Mr Ibrahim, 38, was arrested in Bodinga town with 3kgs of cannabis sativa and 4,000 tablets of exol-5.
A freight agent, Osahor Ekwueme, who presented it for export has been arrested.
Mr Babafemi said the operatives raided one of the mansions of the suspect in the highbrow residential estate.
Two suspects, Chukwudi Aronu, 51, and Shuaibu Gambo, 23, found in the Peugeot J5 vehicle, were promptly arrested.
The suspect was also caught with other quantities of loud, Arizona, colorado variants of cannabis and codeine-based cough syrup.
Mr Babafemi said a notorious drug dealer, Abdullahi Musa, wanted for attacks on NDLEA operatives was arrested on June 16 in Hong town, Adamawa.
