The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives on Saturday raided a lounge in Osogbo, the Osun State capital where a night party organized for illicit substance abuse was to going to hold and arrested some of the organisers who were found with drug exhibits.
This comes on the heels of an earlier raid on Thursday by the NDLEA at Area 5 Forest Reserve, Ile-Ife where its operatives recovered 156kgs of cannabis sativa.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, the NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy.
NDLEA 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 by patrons.
The anti-narcotics agency said its operatives swooped on the suspect and arrested them after the organisers began to gather at Berrymist Lounge located at Ofatedo area of Osogbo to start the party, recovering illicit substances of abuse and drug paraphernalia from them.
According to NDLEA, those arrested include: Ikotu Omolayo, 25; Fola Olabode, 30, and Akorede Adunni Ajibola, 22.
The agency further disclosed that the management of the Lounge has also been invited for further investigation.