Uganda national nabbed for allegedly producing cocaine-laced chocolate biscuits

An Ugandan national was recently arrested for allegedly producing “black cocaine” hidden inside chocolate biscuits in Dasmariñas, Cavite, according to the "24 Oras" report of John Consulta.

The NBI Task Force Against Illegal Drugs, with a search warrant in hand, entered the house of Benjamin Musoke.

The operatives arrested Musoke, a suspected West African Crime Syndicate member.

The NBI said Musoke was allegedly producing black cocaine and during the raid discovered various chemicals and paraphernalia in his kitchen-type cocaine laboratory. There were also sandwich and waffle makers inside the house, which authorities believe were used to make biscuits stuffed with cocaine and other illegal drugs.

According to the NBI, the drugs would be packaged as cookies or chocolate bars and handed to Filipino drug couriers who will bring the products overseas for a salary of 2,000 dollars and free trip abroad.

Black cocaine would often be mixed with charcoal or graphite to mask the smell of cocaine, which can be easily removed by dissolving the “cookies” in a special solvent. The cocaine then crystallizes and can be recovered as white crystalline susbstance.

Musoke has denied the allegations despite being found with several ID cards in his name and living inside the kitchen lab.

Musoke was arrested after an anti-drug operation was conducted and 20 million pesos worth of black cocaine mixed with biscuits and chocolate were seized from two Filipinas.

Around 20 Filipino drug mules have been reportedly recruited by their team to transport the products on a flight to Hongkong. - Jiselle Casucian/BAP, GMA Integrated News