National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it has apprehended organisers of a drug party along with their drugs during a raid at the Berrymist Lounge, located in Osogbo, Osun state.
Gatekeepers News reports that the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi made known in a statement alongside a video shared on his X account on Sunday.
Babafemi said the raid followed credible intelligence that some persons were going to hold a night party tagged “Unholy Alliance…for Stoners and Drunkards” where different types of illicit substances were going to be sold and consumed.
During the raid, Ikotu Omolayo, 25; Fola Olabode, 30, and Akorede Adunni Ajibola, 22 were arrested. Also the management of the Lounge has also been invited for further investigation.
He wrote, “What’s this craze about coded drug parties by our young people? Anyways, #ndlea_nigeria uncovered this one last night and took the organisers away with some of their drugs and paraphernalia.”
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Earlier during the week, Operatives of the NDLEA raided a forest reserve at Ile-Ife on Thursday 23rd November where 156kgs of cannabis sativa were recovered.
Also in Ogun State on Friday 24th November, the agency arrested two suspects: Adamu Ibrahim and Nura Sani at Ileke trailer garage, along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway with 859 kilograms of cannabis sativa hidden among bags of sugar in a truck in transit to Mokwa, Niger state.
The NDLEA said the consignment was loaded in Ogbese, Ondo state and hidden among bags of cement in a truck before being moved into another trailer bearing sugar in Ogun state.
In Edo State, on Monday, operatives recovered 338kgs of cannabis concealed in sacks of charcoal in a warehouse at Obi Camp in Owan West LGA, while in another operation in Ikhin forest Owan East LGA, NDLEA officers seized 235kgs of the same psychoactive substance on Saturday 25th November.
A suspect, Onah Kenneth Ikechukwu, 32, was arrested at Jattu, Etsako West LGA with 11,690 capsules of tramadol, 295 bottles of codeine syrup and various quantities of Molly, Cannabis and Methamphetamine on Wednesday 22nd Nov.
