Undergraduate, boyfriend held for selling drugged biscuits to schoolkids

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 300-level university student, Rhoda Agboje, and her boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo, who allegedly specialise in producing and selling drugged biscuits to schoolchildren in Abuja.

The biscuits are made with Arizona, a highly psychoactive variant of cannabis, alcohol; and Rohypnol, among other ingredients.

Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, who made this known in a statement yesterday, said the suspects also sold to other members of the public.

Babafemi said narcotics agents with the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the NDLEA have also launched a manhunt for another member of the syndicate involved in producing the biscuits.

The statement reads, “Their lid was blown open following the arrest of Rhoda Agboje with four pieces of the drug cookies on Sunday, 18th April 2021. She was arrested at the NNPC Cooperative Estate, opposite Gaduwa Estate in Abuja based on a complaint that she gave an unsuspecting young girl the cookies to eat.

“After eating the drug cookies, the girl lost her mind and could not sleep, making incoherent utterances due to the effects of the cookies. Under interrogation, the prime suspect, Rhoda confessed she prepares the cookies with a friend and sells each pack of three pieces at N1, 500. A follow-up operation in her boyfriend’s house led to the recovery of over 200 pieces of the drug cookies.”

The statement also quoted the Commander, FCT Command of the NDLEA, Mohammed Malami Sokoto saying, “The boyfriend, Ifeanyi Nwankwo and all the equipment used for the production of the cookies were brought to the office for further investigation. The suspect confirmed that she also sells the biscuits at parties."