A file photo: Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service
The Ogun I Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, Idiroko, has intercepted a luxury passenger bus loaded with military camouflage uniforms, cannabis sativa, and other prohibited items allegedly smuggled into the country.
The contraband items were intercepted around 1:30am on Sunday along the Sagamu–Ore–Benin Expressway while being transported to the eastern part of the country.
Speaking during a press briefing on Monday in Idiroko, the acting area controller of the command, Oladapo Afeni, said the luxury bus, which had no registration plate, was intercepted through intelligence-driven surveillance after allegedly evading several security checkpoints from Lagos State to Ogun State.
Afeni said the vehicle, belonging to a transport company, was also loaded with other illicit drugs, including Colorado, and several uncustomed goods.
