Customs intercepts 140 rifles, N373.8m drug cargo in Lagos

Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has seized a instrumentality concealing parts of much than 140 pump-action rifles and cannabis-infused products worthy N373.8 cardinal astatine the Tincan Island port, Lagos.

The Public Relations Officer of NCS, Abdullahi Maiwada made this disclosure successful a connection on Sunday.

Maiwada stated that the firearm components, identified preliminarily arsenic jojeff pump-action rifles, were discovered aft the instrumentality was flagged by customs’ intelligence-driven hazard absorption system, starring to the apprehension of 2 suspects portion different remains astatine large.

According to him, successful a abstracted operation, officers seized 109 cartons of delta-8 cannabis infused pre-roll cookies, 125 cartons of gummies and 73 cartons of cannabis-infused cookies concealed alongside different imported goods.

He besides echoed the informing of the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi who noted that transgression networks could exploit Nigeria’s borders during the upcoming predetermination cycle...