The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 28-year-old, Jennifer Iliya, for producing and distributing cakes laced with illicit drugs, especially cannabis sativa, in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
This was made known in a statement by the NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday, April 28.
The statement reads in part: “In Bayelsa, NDLEA operatives on Wednesday 24th April arrested 28-year-old Jennifer Iliya at Amarata area of Yenagoa for producing and distributing cakes laced with illicit drugs, especially cannabis sativa.
“At the time of her arrest, a substantial number of the drugged cakes weighing 1.5kg were recovered from her. A 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, had been arrested on Sunday 10th March by NDLEA operatives in Yenagoa for a similar offence.”
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