The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 16 containers of contraband valued at greater than N10 billion and arrested 5 suspects in a significant operation on the Apapa Port in Lagos.
Comptroller-Basic of Customs Bashir Adeniyi disclosed this at a information convention on Monday, stating that the seizures have been the results of weeks of intelligence gathering, coordinated inspections, and inter-agency collaboration, as reported by the Information Company of Nigeria (NAN).
The intercepted items included hashish indica imported from Canada, firearms and ammunition, expired prescribed drugs, counterfeit items, frozen poultry, and prohibited used clothes.
“The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 16 containers of contraband valued at greater than N10 billion and arrested 5 suspects in reference to the seizures on the Apapa Port in Lagos.
“Comptroller-Basic of Customs Bashir Adeniyi disclosed this at a information convention on Monday. He acknowledged that the seizures adopted weeks of intelligence gathering, coordinated inspections, and inter-agency collaboration.
“Adeniyi mentioned the intercepted objects included hashish indica, arms, expired prescribed drugs, counterfeit items, frozen poultry, and used clothes,” the NAN report learn partially.
One 40-foot container, initially declared as clear cargo, was discovered to carry 202 cans of Canadian hashish, two pump-action rifles, 25 cartridges, a Smith & Wesson pistol, and 55 rounds of ammunition, consigned to a Lagos-based importer.
Different seizures comprised seven containers of expired medication and banned medicaments, three containers of expired meals merchandise, primarily margarine, three containers of prohibited used clothes, and two 40-foot containers every carrying 1,290 sacks of frozen poultry.
One container held 305 cartons of unregistered toothpaste hid underneath beads and jalabiyas, whereas two extra have been discovered to comprise expired chest and lung tablets with out NAFDAC registration numbers. Two newly arrived containers of codeine syrup have been additionally linked to the identical syndicate.
Adeniyi confirmed that three suspects had been remanded in Ikoyi Jail, whereas two have been on administrative bail pending additional investigations. He pressured that the duty-paid worth of the products exceeded N10 billion, with a far larger road worth within the palms of criminals.
The Customs chief counseled the Apapa Space Controller, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, and the cooperation of companies, together with NAFDAC, NDLEA, and the Nationwide Centre for the Management of Small Arms and Gentle Weapons (NCCSALW).
NDLEA Assistant Commander of Narcotics, Buba Wakawa, famous that Canadian hashish indica poses higher hurt than regionally grown hashish sativa, whereas NCCSALW’s Zonal Coordinator, retired Commissioner of Police Mustapha Alamutu, praised Customs for its assist in tackling illicit arms trafficking.
