Mr Ibrahim said that the agency acted on tips about the hemp plantation in the forest in Ire-Ekiti.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared Lagos socialite Ademola Kazeem wanted for drug trafficking.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) last week recovered 46.637 kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin in seven states across Nigeria.
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.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday charged a 64-year-old man, Lucky Osuya, with drug trafficking.
The NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said on Sunday in Abuja that the drug weighing 2,3356kg, has an estimated street value of N1.04 billion.
Mr Babafemi said the operatives raided one of the mansions of the suspect in the highbrow residential estate.
The spokesperson for NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja.
Mr Babafemi said that the consignment which was concealed in cereal packs was smuggled for export to Dubai.
NDLEA said the seizure, carried out in a warehouse in a secluded estate in Ikorodu area of Lagos, was “the biggest singular cocaine seizure” in its history.
