Operatives of the Anambra state Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered stashed of cocaine concealed in a palace of a prominent leader in Anambra state.
The Anambra state’s Commander of the NDLEA Muhammadu Misbahu Idris said the agency recovered 58.5 grammes of cocaine and 13.9 grammes of heroin from the palace.
Although Idris did not mention the name of the traditional ruler, he said the palace guard are helping in tracing the owner of the consignment.
“Investigations are on-going to unravel how the illicit drugs were hidden in the palace and the palace security guards are helping in tracing the dealer behind the consignment,” Idris said.
The agency has also arrested a notorious suspected drug trafficker, Hassan Taiwo, with three parcels of cocaine concealed in a false bottom created in his suitcase.
Preliminary investigations reveal that Hassan who was intercepted at the E-Arrival hall of the MMIA at the weekend upon arrival on board Ethiopian airlines at 1:30pm Friday, has been plying the illicit trade through the middle east routes for sometime,” NDLEA’s spokesman Femi Babafemi said in a statement.
“According to the Commander, MMIA Command of the Agency, Ahmadu Garba, “the suspect came in to Nigeria through Addis-Ababa but he actually travelled to Addis-Ababa from Abuja.”
Babafemi said while searching Hassan’s luggage, the agency discovered another ticket on him while their findings also show that he has been “plying his criminal trade through some Middle East countries.”
In the same vein the agency said narcotic officers attached to a courier company in Lagos have also intercepted 500grammes of unaccompanied cocaine going to the United Arab Emirates and concealed inside the walls of packed cartons containing clothes.
