Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA and men of the Department of State Services, DSS have raided and sealed off the Diplomatic Suite Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja.
A statement by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Adesina on Thursday said the hotel was raided in a joint operation to stop the launch of a suspected new psychoactive drink.
According to him, about 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 statement read partly; “The hotel was raided at 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. ”
Babafemi however said the agency will 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.
