The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has arrested Over 200 persons after raiding and sealing Diplomatic Suite Hotel, Asokoro, Abuja.
NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Thursday said the joint operation with men of the Department of State Services, DSS was carried out to stop a cannabis party and the launch of a suspected new psychoactive drink.
Babafemi said 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 said the hotel was “raided at about 8:18 pm 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 statement added.
According to the statement, the NDLEA 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.
