Caption: The seized containers. Photo credit: NCS, Apapa Area Command
The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Area Command, in collaboration with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, has intercepted a 40-foot container conveying a large consignment of cannabis sativa and expired pharmaceutical products with a combined duty-paid value of N12.8bn.
Caption: The seized containers. Photo credit: NCS, Apapa Area Command
The command, in a statement on Tuesday by its Public Relations Officer, Isah Sulaiman, a Chief Superintendent of Customs, described the development as another significant breakthrough in its sustained fight against transnational organised crime, illicit trade and threats to national security and public health.
Giving details of the interception, Sulaiman explained that, acting on credible and actionable intelligence and utilising advanced risk-assessment tools, officers of the command, in collaboration with the NDLEA, “on Monday, successfully intercepted a 40-ft container with number CAAU7569127 conveying a large consignment of cannabis sativa, commonly known as ‘Canadian Loud.’
