Customs hands over ₦172m cannabis seizure to NDLEA
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over a colossal consignment of hashish, valued at ₦172.9 million, to the National Drug Law Enforcement Company (NDLEA), following a a success interception by its Ogun I Reveal Teach.
At some stage in a press briefing on Thursday at the Teach’s headquarters in Idiroko, the Reveal Controller, Comptroller Godwin Otunla, stated the seizure used to be made after officers, acting on credible intelligence, intercepted a Mercedes Benz truck suspected of transporting prohibited objects.
“Upon thorough examination, the truck used to be chanced on to possess 2,693 parcels of hashish sativa, cleverly concealed in fabricated compartments under the automobile’s ground what we consult with as a false bottom,” Otunla outlined.
The seized hashish weighed a total of 1,450 kilogrammes and used to be assigned an responsibility-paid rate of ₦172,920,000. One suspect used to be arrested and used to be handed over along with the consignment to the NDLEA.
Receiving the objects, NDLEA Commander for the Idiroko Particular Teach, Williams Ekundayo, counseled the Customs officers for the operation.
“This seizure is never any longer lawful about the quantity of instruments removed from circulation, but about the lives presumably saved from the devastating impact of drug abuse. We adore the dedication of the Customs Service on this joint effort,” Ekundayo stated.
Otunla frail the many to acknowledge the management of Comptroller-Accepted Adewale Adeniyi, whose reforms he credited with strengthening the carrier’s operational skill. He congratulated Adeniyi on his election as Chairperson of the World Customs
Organisation (WCO) Council, calling it a “prestigious worldwide recognition”.
In a connected trend, the Teach unveiled 13 fresh operational autos allocated by the Customs headquarters. Otunla stated the autos would enhance patrol and enforcement actions throughout the risky border hall.
He reaffirmed the Teach’s commitment to inter-agency collaboration and to combating smuggling and drug trafficking through improved logistics and intelligence-pushed operations.
The hassle, he stated, shows a broader nationwide technique to stable Nigeria’s borders.
Otunla additional presented the provision of 13 fresh patrol autos to the Ogun I Teach, aimed toward boosting enforcement skill throughout the border hall.
“We dwell committed to securing Nigeria’s borders and stopping the movement of illicit goods,” he added.
Drug trafficking continues to pose a serious threat in Nigeria’s border areas, but agencies deliver stronger collaboration and improved logistics are yielding outcomes.
