The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has busted a 300 level undergraduate and her boyfriend who specialised in retailing cookies spiced with Rohypnol and other hard substance to students in Abuja.
The development was confirmed in a statement issued by Femi Babafemi, NDLEA’s media director and on the agency’s Twitter account on Tuesday.
Babafemi disclosed that the suspects, identified as Rhoda Agboje and Ifeanyi Nwankwo, were arrested on Sunday.
The duo is believed to be part of a syndicate involved in the production of the cookies with Arizona, a psychoactive variant of cannabis, Rohypnol, alcohol among other ingredients.
The NDLEA spokesman, who further confirmed the news on phone with our WuzupNigeria correspondent phone, stated that the agency has launched a manhunt for another member of the syndicate.
According to him, the syndicated covert operations were exposed when Agboje was picked up at NNPC Cooperative Estate, opposite Gaduwa Estate in Abuja, with four pieces of the cookies.
“The arrest was based on a complaint that she gave an unsuspecting young girl the cookies to eat after which the kid lost her mind, could not sleep and started making incoherent utterances due to its effects.
“During interrogation, Agboje confessed that she prepares the cookies with a friend and sells a pack of three pieces at N1,500,” he said.
Following her confession, the NDLEA raided the home of her boyfriend where over 200 pieces of the drugged cookies were recovered.”
Corroborating the report, NDLEA’s FCT Commander, Mohammed Sokoto noted that “The boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, and all the equipment used for the production of the cookies were brought to the office for further investigation.”
“The suspect confirmed that she sells at parties and to unsuspecting members of the public, including school children that are the most vulnerable. The suspect also supplies some supermarkets and clubs in the FCT,” he added.
NDLEA Chairman, Mohamed Marwa also applauded the operatives of the FCT command for busting the syndicate.
“I wish to draw the attention of parents to this new devious strategy to get children addicted to drug cookies and to urge them to remain vigilant while monitoring what their wards bring home or consume as a snack,” he said.
