I Have Been Selling Drugged Cookies For Over A year, Arrested 20-Year-Old Confesses

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, at the weekend arrested a 20-year-old graduate, Miss Bee Okoro in Abuja who confessed to have been in the business of producing and selling drugged candies and cookies.

As contained in statement issued on Sunday by the Director, Media and Advocacy for NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, Okoro was arrested alongside her dispatch rider, Idewo Raimi at Garki Area 11 on Friday 10th September, with a number of their drugged products.

“The suspects who were arrested at Garki Area 11 on Friday 10th Sept, with a number of their drugged products and 400grams of Loud and Arizona, confessed they have been in the drug business for over a year,” it said.

The Agency also noted the arrest of one 36-year-old lady, Yusuf Sherifat in Kwara state.

Sherifat had recently completed a jail sentence following her conviction by a Federal High Court in Ilorin for dealing in 22 grams of crack cocaine.

According to the NDLEA, her latest arrest along Specialist Hospital Road, Alagbado, Ilorin, followed intelligence that she has resumed sale of crack cocaine in the Ilorin metropolis.

“This time around, she devised another means of delivering drugs along the road to known customers who contact her via telephone calls.

“In series of sting operations between Saturday 4th September and Monday 6th September, in different parts of Lagos, four suspects were arrested including Mrs. Bello Kafayat Ayo who was picked from Shino Street, Palmgroove Area of the state.

“At the Tincan seaport, Apapa, narcotic officers intercepted a 40 feet container loaded with 22,590 kilograms of Barcadin Codeine syrup on Monday 6th September following intelligence received from international partners on the container since May 2021,” it said.

The container was also found to include 4,020.03kg of analgesic tablets and 47 cartons of insulated hot pots used to conceal the illicit drugs, all imported from India.

Commenting on the latest drug busts across the country, the Chairman NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd), commended the commanders, officers and men of the commands for their resilience and bravery.

He said the series of arrests and seizures across the country further affirm NDLEA’s zero tolerance for production, trafficking and abuse of any illicit substance, warning that drug dealers who are yet to have a change of heart must be ready to contend with the new NDLEA.