The   Anambra State Command of National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)  have recovered 58.5 grammes of cocaine and 13.9 grammes of heroin concealed in the palace of a prominent traditional ruler in the state.

The agency said investigations are ongoing to unearth how the illicit drugs were hidden in the palace.

Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja, Femi Babafemi, said  the palace security guards are helping in tracing the dealer behind the consignment.

He also said a notorious drug trafficker, Hassan Bishi Taiwo was been arrested by operatives of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport Command 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 some time.In the same vein, narcotic officers attached to a courier company in Lagos have intercepted 500grammes of unaccompanied cocaine going to the United Arab Emirates and concealed inside the walls of packed cartons containing clothes. The operatives also intercepted in another courier firm one kilogramme of cannabis concealed in cream bottles going to UAE while 500grammes of ketamine hidden in artefacts and going to the US was also recovered from the same company in Lagos. Equally, another 480grammes of unaccompanied methamphetamine going to China was recovered from the same courier company’’.