Customs intercepts N12.7bn expired drugs, 1.8 tonnes of cannabis in Lagos

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The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Apapa Area Command, has intercepted expired pharmaceutical products worthy implicit ₦12.7 cardinal and a ample consignment of Cannabis Sativa (Indian hemp) weighing astir 1.8 tonnes, successful abstracted intelligence-led operations carried retired successful Lagos.

The Command said the amerciable goods were stopped from entering the Nigerian marketplace done coordinated efforts with sister information agencies, including the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and different regulatory bodies.

This was contained successful a connection issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs, CSC, Isah Sulaiman.

The connection explained that the seizures were achieved done credible quality and improved hazard profiling systems.

According to him, the operations were cautiously planned and executed based connected quality sharing and collaboration with applicable agencies.

In 1 of the large seizures, officers of the Command intercepted a 40-foot instrumentality with fig CAAU7569127. The instrumentality was recovered to beryllium loaded with a ample quantity of Cannabis Sativa, besides known arsenic “Canadian Loud”.

The Command disclosed that 3,639 sachets of the illicit substance were recovered from the container. Each sachet weighed 500 grams, bringi...

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