Accra: The Deputy Director-General of the Narcotics Control Commission (NACOC), Alexander Twum-Barimah, has raised concern over a growing trend of students infusing drugs into food and drinks on school campuses. Speaking during a session on JoyNews Newsfile, he revealed that some students are now mixing weed into ice cream, sobolo, and kosua ne meko (eggs and pepper), before selling or sharing them on campus.
According to Ghana Web, the alarming trend surfaced after the arrest of five students at Central University during a recent drug-related operation. Twum-Barimah explained that these students were not external dealers but were distributing the drug-infused products themselves. "Not long ago, I think last week, we did a case with Central University. We arrested about five students from Central University. The challenge with them was that it was not even an outsider coming in to sell it. Let's say, they bring the drugs to the campus, i.e., the students. That's the danger," he stated.
Twum-Barimah further disclosed that the students themselves had infused ice creams, sobolo, and egg and pepper with weed, making drug abuse among young people more difficult to detect. The practice has increased the complexity of identifying drug abuse on campuses, posing a challenge to authorities.
It will be recalled that the five students from Central University were apprehended by NACOC over their alleged involvement in the production and sale of cannabis and cannabis-infused products on campus. The suspects, comprising Level 100, Level 300, and Level 400 students, were arrested during a targeted operation by NACOC following intelligence reports of illicit drug-related activities within the university community.
During the operation, NACOC officers reportedly retrieved quantities of the suspected substances, which have been seized and sent for forensic analysis as part of ongoing investigations.