Customs impounds 2 buses over illicit drugs smuggling

Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, disclosed that they have intercepted two buses belonging to a big transport company over alleged movement of illicit drugs into the country. The buses, which were en route Lagos from Ghana, were intercepted during “an inward clearance” of passengers on board the bus. It was […]

Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, disclosed that they have intercepted two buses belonging to a big transport company over alleged movement of illicit drugs into the country.

The buses, which were en route Lagos from Ghana, were intercepted during “an inward clearance” of passengers on board the bus.

It was alleged that when the buses were searched, cartons of illicit drugs careful concealed under luggage were recovered.

The Acting Customs Area Controller of the Command, Dalha Cheidi Wada, told journalists yesterday that officers of the command discovered that the buses were carrying a commercial quantity of amphetamine syrup.

Wada said that the action of the bus driver was in breach of government policy on the partial border closure, which prohibited the movement of goods in and out of Nigeria.

Wada said the discovered drugs were without National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) registration number, adding that the buses had 13 and 29 cartons each, with a cumulative value of about N6 million.

He alleged that the buses also had 422,500mg of tramadol.