Ogun: Customs intercepts contrabands worth 1.35bn, handover cannabis to NDLEA

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The Ogun 1 Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has seized assorted contrabands worthy N1.35 cardinal from aggregate locations successful the authorities and handed implicit 2,547 parcels of Cannabis Sativa to the NDLEA, Idiroko Special Command.

The smuggled goods see 2,539 kegs of rootlike oil, 4,325 cartons of overseas spaghetti, 1,204 bags of overseas parboiled rice, 545 kegs of petrol, 13 pieces of utilized tyres, 50 bags of imported sugar, 2 utilized vehicles, among others.

Speaking during a property league held astatine the command’s office connected Monday, the Acting Customs Area Controller, Olukayode Afeni, disclosed that the items were brought into the state illegally done creeks and borderline routes.

Afeni stated that the palmy seizures underscored the command’s committedness to suppressing smuggling and removing illicit goods from the market.

He noted that the Cannabis Sativa handed implicit to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) included 2,055 p...

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