NDLEA raids drug den, arrests 3 people in Osun
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has announced that its operatives have raided a drug hub in Osogbo, Osun State.
In a statement obtained by DAILY POST on Sunday, the Director-General of Media Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said that the Narcotics Enforcement Agency on Saturday raided a lounge where an evening party planned for illegal drug abuse was to be held. revealed that he had been attacked.
Babafemi added that some of the organizers who were in possession of drug exhibits were arrested.
He revealed that the raid was carried out on the basis of reliable intelligence that some people were planning to hold a night party tagged “Unholy Alliance for Stoners and Drunks”. .
“Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Saturday, November 25, raided a lounge in Osogbo where a night party designed for illegal drug abuse was to be held and discovered drug exhibits. Some of the organizers who did so were arrested.
“The raids revealed that some people were attempting to hold a night party tagged as an unholy alliance for stoners and drunks, where various types of illegal drugs would be sold and consumed by patrons. This was done based on reliable information that.
“Shortly after the organizers began gathering at Berrymist Lounge in Ofado area of Osogbo to start the party, NDLEA operatives swooped on them, arrested them and recovered illegal substances of abuse and drug paraphernalia from them. .
“The following were arrested: Ikotu Omolayo (25); Mr. Fola Olabode (30) and Mr. Akorede Adunni Ajibola (22). The management of the lounge was also invited for further investigation. ” the statement said.
Babafemi also disclosed that the raid follows the operation that took place on Thursday, November 23, at Area 5 Forest Reserve in Ile-Ife. During the operation, operatives recovered 156 kilograms of cannabis.
Source: dailypost.ng