Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, displaying the cocaine seizure, Friday
Customs in Lagos intercepts N3.9bn cocaine at Seme Border
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, has said its operatives intercepted cocaine weighing 11.913 kilogrammes with a street value of N3.9 billion concealed in a bus conveying religious books.
Spokesman of the command, Hussain Abdullahi, who made the disclosure, in a statement, Friday, added that a sizeable amount of petroleum products packaged in sacks was also intercepted in the process.
“The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has initiated offensive patrol against the smuggling of petroleum products along the creeks within the Seme and Badagry axis. This renewed effort led to the interception of large quantities of petroleum products packaged in sacks on Wednesday, 26 January 2022.
“The aforementioned items were successfully evacuated to the command premises where an examination was conducted. 1,065 jerrycans of petroleum products, equivalent to 31,950 litres were discovered with Duty Paid Value of N10,041,198.
“In the same vein, officers and men of the command while conducting stop and search along Seme-Badagry Expressway intercepted 11 parcels of substance suspected to be cocaine in a Ford Transit bus conveying religious books. Also, one suspect has been arrested in connection with the seizure,” Abdullahi said.
While displaying the seizures, the Customs Area Controller, Mr Bello Mohammed Jibo, explained that the substance was intercepted at about 9:00a.m. on Sunday, January 23, 2022.
“Consequently, the substance was subjected to test and verification by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) and National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and was found to be cocaine weighing 11.913kg,” he stated.
