As the business of cannabis
continues to boom in Nigeria, so is the fangs of Nigeria Customs Agency,
saddled with the responsibilities of wagging war against smuggling and illegal
drugs in the country.
No fewer than 37 bags of cannabis have been
seized by men and officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Customs
Area Controller (CAC), Western Marine Command (WMC), Comptroller Yusuf Umar has
said.
The seizure of the cannabis,
according to the CAC, is the third one WMC was recording in the last four
months.
“You are here to witness
another seizure of cannabis sativa, making it the third in the last four
months. This time around the seizure was made at the Agbara/Badagry axis by our
patrol team after we got an intelligence report the previous day that some
unscrupulous elements were about entering our country with the cannabis from
Ghana. We therefore swung into action and arrested the boat while the suspects
as usual jumped into the water to evade arrest”, he said.
Umar explained that the
patrol team comprising men and officers of WMC waited for a while to see if
they would swim up but to no avail.
“The officers had to bring
the cannabis to the base, hence no suspects were arrested. The cannabis was
packed in 37 jumbo bags worth N130, 000, 000”, he added.
Giving an insight on what
exploits of the command so far, Umar said: “So far we have recorded seizures
valued at N393, 094, 300.00) with duty paid value (DPV) of N399, 632, 075”.
The CAC vowed that his
command would continue to fight smuggling activities as long as the smugglers
refused to turn away from their nefarious activities.
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