Customs seizes illicit drugs, arms worth N10bn at Apapa port
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it has intercepted 16 containers of prohibited items valued at N10 billion at the Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa. Speaking in Lagos on Monday, Comptroller-General Adewale Adeniyi said the seizures followed intelligence-led operations and joint inspections with other security agencies. According to him, the recovered items included two pump-action […]
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it has intercepted 16 containers of prohibited items valued at N10 billion at the Lagos Port Complex (LPC), Apapa.
Speaking in Lagos on Monday, Comptroller-General Adewale Adeniyi said the seizures followed intelligence-led operations and joint inspections with other security agencies.
According to him, the recovered items included two pump-action rifles, 25 rounds of ammunition, and 202 cans of Colorado Loud—a Canadian strain of cannabis—concealed in a 40-foot container numbered MRSU6407089.
Adeniyi said each can of Colorado Loud weighed 500 grams, totalling 101 kg—roughly the weight of two bags of cement.
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“The container had initially been cleared but was later flagged during a secondary search, which revealed the contraband. The shipment was consigned to one Babatunde Ogidiolu of Lagos.
“Further inspections uncovered a Smith & Wesson pistol with 55 rounds, seven containers of expired drugs, three containers of expired margarine, and three containers of prohibited used clothing,” he said.
He said operatives also seized two 40-foot containers carrying 1,290 sacks of frozen poultry products each and one container (ZZSU7277511) with 305 cartons of counterfeit toothpaste concealed among beads and jalabiya dresses.
Other seizures include two containers of expired chest and lung tablets without National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) approval, and two 40-foot containers of codeine-based products linked to the same smuggling network behind previous seizures.