NDLEA Stops Abuja Indian Hemp Party, Arrests 3 Female Organisers

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA on Wednesday night raided a party venue in the Asokoro area of the Federal Capital Territory, and arrested some individuals who were engaged in an Indian Hemp party.

The spokesperson for the agency, Femi Babafemi, confirmed the development on Thursday morning.

According to Babafemi, the Indian Hemp party which was organised by three ladies happened on Wednesday night.

Although Babafemi did not confirm the number of suspects arrested, a Twitter user who was present at the event during the time of the arrest confirmed that over a hundred individuals were arrested.

The user who tweeted via his personal Twitter account, @Ezioimmauel, said about a hundred of them were arrested.

He tweeted, “(We are) In the police station right now. (I) was at a 4/20 party in Asokoro and they burst it. Asokoro, Abuja. There (are) hundreds of us in custody right now. Everyone’s still accounted for I think.”

Confirming the arrest, Babafemi said,

200 attendees including three young ladies who organised the hemp party are currently being profiled and interviewed while bottles of the new drink have been taken for lab analysis.

The hotel was raided at About about 8:18pm on Wednesday 20th April following actionable intelligence that some youths were planning to hold a hemp party at the hotel. Quantities of cannabis sativa were recovered from the pockets and bags of those arrested at the hemp party.

The audacious party no doubt is part of attempts by some elements to create a drug subculture in the Nigerian social space. The NDLEA will however continue to work with other security agencies and relevant stakeholders to ensure abuse of illicit substances is not allowed to get entrenched in the country under any guise.

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