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By Modupe Shodeinde
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend busted an online drug trafficking cartel that sells drugged cookies, cakes, brownies and all sorts of illicit substances to residents of Abuja and beyond, using the cyber space platform.
This was made known in a press statement by the Director Media and Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters Abuja Mr. Femi Babafemi.
The statement read: “five members of the organised drug criminal group were arrested during the operations carried out between Friday 7th May and Saturday 8th May, 2021 by officers of the FCT Command of the Agency where different brands of illicit drugs were recovered from them.”
“The nabbed drug dealers include Queen Nvene, Collins Ozoemena, Samson Peter, Chika Nvene, and Habila Musa. The group specialises in clandestine production of drug based cookies, brownies and other edibles; markets and sells same online, through their Twitter and Instagram handles. They also market and sell all types of marijuana, Arizona, Colorado and Loud, among other illicit drugs, online.” The statement added.
“while Queen Nvene, a graduate of Business Administration, produces drug cookies and brownies and sells same on Instagram, Collins Ozoemena sells all types of illicit drugs, especially Loud and skunk online. Samson Peter on the other hand, is the manager of SK express courier company, who manages motorcycles and dispatch riders to deliver illicit drugs from Collins and drugged edibles (cookies, cakes and brownies) from Queen and Chika, both sisters.”
“Members of the cartel operate from different locations within the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, but operate as a network.”
Arrest of the suspects followed online orders of drug-based edibles by undercover agents. Supplies of brownies and cookies were delivered and received from different SK Express dispatch riders at various times by narcotic operatives before the final sting operation.
According to the Commander, FCT Command of the Agency, Mohammed Malami Sokoto, “follow up raids of their various locations in Gudu, Kubwa, Lokogoma, Apo and Damangazo all in Abuja, led to the seizure of some illicit substances.”
Items that were seized from Queen include; 55 pieces of drugged cookies and brownies; 1.3 kilogrammes of skunk used as ingredient for making cookies and brownies, while 0.9 grammes of ecstasy, popularly called molley, 300 grammes of skunk, and 200 grammes of Loud were recovered from Collins.
300 grammes of skunk were also seized from Chika.
Other items recovered from the syndicate include, “a dispatch motorcycle, various equipment for producing cookies and brownies, 10 handsets and two laptops used for online drug trafficking transactions.”
The suspects who said they have been in business for three years, confessed to have a large platform of customers who order for drugs and drug based cookies, brownies and edibles, on daily basis for parties and ceremonies, in and outside Abuja.
