Customs intercepts N12.7bn cannabis, expired drugs in Lagos

Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, person intercepted 1.81 tonnes of Cannabis Sativa, popularly known arsenic Canadian Loud, on with expired pharmaceutical products valued astatine N12.7 cardinal during a associated cognition astatine Apapa Port successful Lagos.

The seizure was disclosed successful a connection issued connected Tuesday by the spokesperson for the Apapa Command, Isah Sulaiman.

Addressing journalists portion displaying the seized items, the Customs Area Controller of the Apapa Command, Comptroller Emmanuel Oshoba, said the cognition was carried retired successful collaboration with operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, stationed astatine the port.

According to him, the occurrence of the cognition was made imaginable done credible quality gathering and the deployment of precocious hazard appraisal and profiling tools by Customs officers.

Oshoba explained that Customs officers and NDLEA operatives jointly intercepted a 40-foot instrumentality marked CAAU7569127, which was recovered to incorporate a ample quanti...