BREAKING: Female doctor arrested by NDLEA in Edo for Biscuits and Cookies with Cannabis

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National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Auchi, Edo State, has arrested a lady named Jane Chioma Ofoma,for operating an online catering service, where drugged cookies and biscuits are being made and sold to members of the public.

Ofoma, 26, who is a graduate of Medicine from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has just recently completed her housemanship at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.

The agency accused her of using her Omachi’s Kitchen to sell cookies and biscuits made with Cannabis

A statement on Tuesday by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said following intelligence and surveillance, narcotic officers of the Edo State Command of the agency, on Saturday, June 19, 2021, stormed her operational base at No. 1 Winners Way, Auchi, where she was arrested.

He said about 94 pieces of cookies produced with Cannabis sativa were recovered.

She has confessed to baking the biscuits and cookies with Cannabis.

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