Customs intercepts, hands over 2,693 parcels of cannabis to Ogun NDLEA
The Ogun 1 Put Dispute of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Idiroko, all around the week, handed over a complete of two,693 parcels of Cannabis Sativa intercepted by its anti-smuggling operatives to officers of the National Treatment Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
The contrabands, which were compressed into coconut sizes and wrapped in yellow cellophane, were neatly hid for the length of the false bottom of an articulated Mercedes Benz truck with registration plate quantity (LAGOS) EPE 959 YK.
Speaking with journalists all around the handing over held on the NCS’ Century at Idiroko, in the Ipokia Native Executive Put of Ogun Speak, NCS Put Comptroller Godwin Otunla mentioned the Cannabis Sativa, weighing 1,450kg, with Duty Payable Fee price N172,920,000, became intercepted on the Ilaro axis of Yewa South Native Executive Put while on transit to a yet-to-be-ascertained shuttle space.
The CAC extra disclosed that a 39-year-frail suspect, Williams Asare, driver of the truck, became also arrested alongside the contraband.
The Customs boss defined that the interception, made closing Sunday, the 29th, 2025, became made possible via the Customs’ realistic network which trailed the truck from its loading point till it bought to Ilaro.
Whereas lauding the efforts of the plucky NCS officers for their relentless dedication that indirectly culminated in the seizure, Otunla expressed the level of damages and the outcomes of such magnitude it will possess on the youths of the society.
He, then again, handed over the contraband to the Narcotics Commander guilty of NDLEA Idiroko Particular Put Dispute, Olaniyi Ekudayo, in the spirit of inter-agency cooperation.
Responding after taking possession of the contraband and the suspect, Ekudayo, who applauded the resilience of the NCS personnel of Ogun 1 Put Dispute, also disclosed that his agency would be conducting the indispensable laboratory take a look at on the substance, as smartly as conducting extra investigations on it sooner than charging the suspect to court docket.
He maintained that the seizure became a testament to the synergy that existed between Customs, NDLEA, and other sister companies.
