The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted cakes made with cannabis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.

Oyo NDLEA Commander Josephine Obi disclosed this on Tuesday in Ibadan.

“We also arrested a delivery man who was in possession of a birthday cake infused with 1.2kg of Cannabis Sativa. The continuous attempt by illicit drug traffickers to outwit anti-drug agency through evil creativity is increasing at an alarming rate in different states of the country.

“The emergence of clandestine production of drugged cookies or cakes among the youths is at an alarming rate as this was uncovered by some state commands of the NDLEA formations in the country,” said the commander.

She added, “The cookies or cakes were baked with Arizona weed, a highly psychoactive variant of the marijuana family, Rohypnol and alcohol among other ingredients such as yeast, butter, flour, sugar, milk, and chocolates.

“The product is already in supermarkets, clubs, and schools, making children the most vulnerable.”

The state commander said that illicit drug traffickers were getting more creative to beat NDLEA’s operational dragnet.

Mrs Obi identified the public’s disregard and lack of awareness of the awful consequences of drug abuse as reasons for the unrestricted access to illicit drugs and psychotropic substances among the youths.

She appealed to the state’s residents to support NDLEA in the war against drug trafficking, abuse, and addiction to stem the tide of the drug use epidemic in the state.

(NAN)