Be Careful Ordering Edibles Online, They Could Be Drugged – NDLEA

Are you amongst those who order edibles online? If so, you have to be careful going forward as some ladies have perfected the act of lacing such edibles with drugs.

Two ladies who indulge in such have just been nabbed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency) (NDLEA).

They are amongst those whose illicit trade activities have been shared by the drug agency In Edo State, NDLEA’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi,  said the two ladies were arrested for online sales of drug-laced cookies and cakes.

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“Two ladies were arrested by operatives in Edo state for online sales of illicit drugs.

“While Martha Owotorofa, 26, was nabbed at Kada Plaza, Benin City, with quantities of Canadian Loud, Odion Uzordinma, 21, was arrested at the Ugbowo area of the city with 30 cups of cookies and 17 slices of cake, all laced with illicit substances.

It was a week of big hauls for the agency going by the information shared by Babafemi.

According to him, “A raid operation at Oghada village, Uhunmwonde local government area of the state on Tuesday 20th August led to the arrest of Saturday Edobor, 50, with 288.8kg cannabis.”

In Lagos, he said a suspect, Godwill Davidson, was arrested on August 21 with 3,834 bottles of codeine syrup, 5,200 pills of Co-Codamol, and 11 880 tablets of Rohypnol in the Mushin area of the state.

“Another suspect, Yahaya Ibrahim, 23, was nabbed by operatives along Okene-Lokoja-Abuja expressway, Kogi state, same day with 42,000 pills of tramadol coming from Asaba, Delta State en route Potiskum, Yobe state.

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“Two suspects, Feranmi Bankole, 25, and Fredrick Tobiloba, 25, were on Tuesday 20th August arrested at Pariz Lounge, Adeoyo area in Ibadan metropolis, Oyo State, following intelligence. Recovered from them were 267.5 litres of skuchies, a mixture of black currant and assorted illicit drugs and 18 grams of Canadian Loud,” the statement added.