Richard Ginika Izuora
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA); has discovered and dismantled a first-ever Indian hemp clandestine laboratory for the production of hashish oil in Lagos State.
The laboratory is located at 7 Imam Augusto Close, Victoria Island, Lagos State.
A statement issued by the spokesman of the NDLEA; Jonah Achema, on Friday, May 22, in Abuja, said the lab was managed by one Oladapo Adedayo, a graduate of the University of Southern Denmark; with a degree in Electronic Engineering.
The statement said Adedayo is bi-racial, whose late Nigerian father was a Professor from Ondo State; and that the suspect runs the lab with his Danish mother, Dr. (Mrs) Jyetter Marie (Nee Roug).
Achema, stated that the laboratory engages in the indoor growth of cannabis sativa (Indian hemp); and processing the same into Hashish oil through clandestine laboratory extraction.
“Aged 42, Adedayo claimed to have been pushed into the hydroponic cannabis growing and Hashish Oil extraction following the collapse of his inverter, metering and solar installation company in 2019.
“He said he noticed that there is so much money to be made; in view of the high demand for Hashish oil in the international market as a curative medicine for cancer.
“In the course of the operation, several drug exhibits were recovered including 911 grams of Cannabis seeds, 21 Kilograms of Cannabis-infused Ethanol, 83 grams of Hashish Oil 123mg THC-70 CBD, 1.127 Kilograms of Cannabis Cream, 80 grams of fresh Cannabis plant and 25 grams of dried Cannabis plant,” Achema said.
He said that while two vehicles belonging to the suspect were seized as they were suspected to have been acquired from the proceeds of the illicit drug trade; also detected were two bank accounts belonging to the suspect and one jointly operated by the suspect and his mother.
The NDLEA spokesman quoted the agency’s Chairman/Chief Executive, Col. Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah, to have noted that the drug trade is “assuming a hitherto unthinkable dimension for somebody to turn his premises into a cannabis farm and also establish in the same premises a laboratory to process the proceeds into bye products such as Hashish.”