The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said that its operatives have arrested three individuals for organising a night party tagged “Unholy Alliance for Stoners and Drunkards”, where illicit substances were going to be used.
Director, Media & Advocacy of NDLEA, Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a Sunday statement in Abuja.
The NDLEA spokesman identified the arrested suspects as Ikotu Omolayo, 25, Fola Olabode, 30, and Akorede Adunni Ajibola, 22.
He said that the suspects were arrested during a raid on Berrymist Lounge located at Ofatedo area of Osogbo, the venue of the proposed party.
“Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday 25th November raided a lounge in Osogbo, the Osun state capital where a night party organized for illicit substance abuse was going to hold and arrested some of the organisers who were found with drug exhibits.
“The raid followed credible intelligence that some persons were going to hold a night party tagged Unholy Alliancefor Stoners and Drunkards where different types of illicit substances were going to be sold and consumed by patrons.
“Soon after the organisers began to gather at Berrymist Lounge located at Ofatedo area of Osogbo to start the party, NDLEA operatives swooped on them, arrested them and recovered illicit substances of abuse and drug paraphernalia from them.
“Those arrested include: Ikotu Omolayo, 25; Fola Olabode, 30, and Akorede Adunni Ajibola, 22. The management of the Lounge has also been invited for further investigation.
“This comes on the heels of an earlier raid on Thursday 23rd Nov. at Area 5 forest reserve, Ile-Ife where operatives recovered 156kgs of cannabis sativa,” Babafemi said.
Meanwhile, Babafemi said that operatives in Ogun state on Friday 24th November arrested two suspects, Adamu Ibrahim and Nura Sani, at Ileke trailer garage, along Lagos-Ibadan expressway, where 859 kilograms of cannabis sativa concealed among bags of sugar in a truck for onward transportation to Mokwa, Niger state.
He said the consignment was loaded in Ogbese, Ondo state, and hidden among bags of cement in a truck before being transloaded into another trailer bearing sugar in Ogun state.
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