 |
| CAC Garba Uba Mohammed, addressing journalists, at the background is the truck conveying the seized Indian Hemp |
Customs Area Controller, CAC of the unit, the Fedral Operations Unit, Zone A, Garba Uba Mohammed, who disclosed this in Lagos, said the truck with registration number XB 286 BEN was accosted along Igbueleri junction, close to Alaba international containing DSP codein cough syrup are packaged in 100 milegrams packs,100 per carton as well as Chaka pain extra based on information.
Mohammed give the value of the seized drug as N1.2 billion. The Customs boss also disclosed that the 49 cartons of 100 milligrams of tramadol will be handed over to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control, NAFDAC.
According to him, other seized items within the period are, "21sacks of pangolin scales weighing 1,031 kilogram and four pieces of elephant tusk weighing 29.35 kilogram from a shop located in Tejosho market in Yaba based on information by the warehouse operations team.
"The seized endangered species have a DPV of N253.6 million. The items are seized because the trade on endangered species in globally prohibited."
Similarly, he noted that the unit also intercepted "one Ford Transit bus conveying 39 sacks and 1,220 parcels of cannabis sativa popularly known as Indian hemp weighing 1,610 kilograms concealed with baskets of fresh tomato's, pepper and vegetables.
"The items will be handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA for further investigation.
"Other seized items includes 17 units of exotic vehicles, 1,380 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 1,126 pieces of used shoes and 140 jerry cans of vegetable oil."
No comments:
Post a Comment