Wanted Drug Baron Nabbed In Lagos Hotel Sting Operation

By Micheal Chukwuebuka

A wanted drug baron, operating under the cover of a businessman and hotelier, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, also known as Chisco Bee, has been arrested by operatives from a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

The arrest followed weeks of intelligence gathering and surveillance on his criminal activities.

The 42-year-old Ibemesi, 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, 15th November 2025.

He was then 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 his arrest were $11,600 US dollars; £2,000 British Pounds; €2,200 Euros; and 50 Canadian dollars, all in cash.

Credit: Crimes Chroniclers