Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have raided and sealed Diplomatic Suite Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja to stop a cannabis party and the launch of a suspected new psychoactive drink.
The Director Media and Advocacy NDLEA headquarters Abuja Mr Femi Babafemi revealed this in a press statement.
It says, “In a joint operation with men of the Department of State Services, DSS, NDLEA has profiled and interviewed about 200 attendees including three young ladies who organised the hemp party where bottles of the new drink was taken for lab analysis.
“The hotel was raided at about 8:18pm on Wednesday 20th April following actionable intelligence that some youths were planning to hold a hemp party at the hotel. Quantities of cannabis sativa were recovered from the pockets and bags of those arrested at the hemp party” the statement explained.
The statement added that, “the audacious party no doubt is part of attempts by some elements to create a drug subculture in the Nigerian social space.”
The NDLEA promised to continue to work with other security agencies and relevant stakeholders to ensure abuse of illicit substances is not allowed to get entrenched in the country under any guise.
Emmanuel Ukoh
