Customs Seizes N4.279 billion Drugs at Tin Can Island Port

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) yesterday, Thursday disclosed that the seizure of N4.279bn worth of hard drugs were effected by the TinCan command of the service.

The drugs, which include 56.39 kg of cocaine was valued at N2,368,380,000 and another 955 kg of Colorado Indica worth also valued N1,911,400,000.

Giving the breakdown of the seized drugs and ammunition during a press briefing at TinCan yesterday, the Comptroller General of the Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, said the dangerous drugs, arms and ammunition which came from Canada and South Africa. were five pistols, 445 rounds of live ammunition and some empty pistol magazines while the dangerous drugs includes 65 packets of Colorado Indica weighing 32.5 kg, 17 packets of cocaine weighing 16.690 kg, and another 151 packets of Colorado Indica which weighed 107 kg.

As a result of the seizures, the CGC stressed the need for cooperation and advanced strategy in order to strengthen security at the nation’s borders. In his words, “The interplay between illicit drugs and various criminal activities, including but not limited to kidnapping, banditry, and other nefarious pursuits, is undeniable".
The Comptroller General pointed out that the Customs Service and the the Nigeria Drug and Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been collaborating on statutory obligations of checking smuggling of illicit drugs, he added that this has been yielding results.

The CG disclosed that the importers involved in the unwholesome imports were yet to be disclosed but assured that the Service will do everything possible to apprehend the suspects as investigations is still ongoing.

The seized drugs were subsequently handed over to the National Drugs Law and Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) whose chairman was represented by Mr. Femi Babafemi.

Reacting, the NDLEA representative said, “The command and other collaborating units had diligently tracked the movement of the containers up to the time of their landing in our port, In the spirit of inter-agency collaboration, NDLEA never hesitated to share intelligence with the Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service and also requested that the command ensure the containers were pinned down for 100 percent examination".

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