The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has
uncovered a stash of cocaine and heroin in the palace of a traditional ruler in
Anambra state.
The drug enforcement agency released a statement to this
effect through Femi Babafemi, its director of media and advocacy.
The agency said its operatives at the Anambra command
recovered 58.5 grammes of cocaine and 13.9 grammes of heroin.
Although the NDLEA did not mention the name of the traditional ruler, it said security personnel at the palace are helping to trace the owner of the consignment.
“In a related development, operatives of the Anambra State
Command of the Agency have recovered 58.5 grammes of cocaine and 13.9 grammes
of heroine concealed in the palace of a prominent traditional ruler in the
state,” Babafemi said in a statement on Monday.
“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, Muhammadu Misbahu Idris, the Anambra
state Commander of the NDLEA stated.”
Babafemi said operatives of the agency also nabbed Hassan
Taiwo, “a notorious trafficker”, with three parcels of cocaine concealed in a
false bottom of his luggage at the Lagos airport.
Taiwo was said to have been arrested at the weekend by
operatives attached to the Murtala Mohammed International Airport.
The alleged trafficker had arrived in the country from Addis
Abba, Ethiopia, on Friday.
The agency said it discovered that the suspect had been
engaging in the “criminal trade through some Middle East countries”.
“A notorious drug trafficker, Hassan Bishi Taiwo has been
arrested by operatives of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, MMIA
Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, with three parcels
of cocaine concealed in a false bottom created in his suitcase,” the statement
said.
“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 some time.”
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