NDLEA Uncovers Heroin, Cocaine at Palace of Anambra Monarch

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has said it has uncovered a stash of cocaine and heroin in the palace of a traditional ruler in Anambra State.

In a statement issued yesterday by NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Mr. Femi Babafemi, the agency said its operatives at the Anambra State command recovered 58.5 grammes of cocaine and 13.9 grammes of heroin.

However, the statement did not mention the name of the traditional ruler.

But 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,” the statement said.

The statement quoted the Anambra State Commander of NDLEA, Mr. Muhammadu Misbahu Idris, as saying that: “Investigations are ongoing to unravel how the illicit drugs were hidden in the palace.

He added that the palace security guards are helping in tracing the dealer behind the consignment.

Meanwhile, 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 Muhammed International Airport.