Apapa Customs Nabs 2 Over 10 Cartoons of Stolen Tramadol

Harboursandport.com: Lagos - The Apapa Area 1 Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday said two suspects cut with stolen 10 cartoons of 225 milligrams of Tramadol has been arrested.

CAC of Apapa Area 1 Command, Muhammed Abba-Kura,
displaying samples of the offensive drugs

The two suspect Micheal Ajibade and Olatunde Emmanuel were said to have concealed the offensive drugs worth N59.3 million in an ambulance.

Customs Area controller (CAC) of Command, Muhammed Abba-Kura who disclosed this at a media briefing regarding the arrest, during a routine surveillance, his officers intercepted an ambulance.

He added that upon examination the ambulance which has two occupants that are said to be in-house staff of AP Moller Terminal had the offending drugs concealed in the ambulance.

Investigation reveals that the stolen Tramadol were pilfered from an undeclared container at the AP Miller Terminal. Physical examination further revealed that 211 cartoons of the drugs were missing from the container.

Abba-Kura who disclosed that the duty paid value (DPV) of the stolen drugs stands at fifty -nine million, three hundred and seventy-eight thousand, three hundreds and thirty-two naira, nine kobo N59.3, express displeasure toward these economy saboteurs and their unpatriotic attitude despite efforts by Nigeria Customs Service to rid the nation of illicit drugs.

“ It is regrettable to state here that while the Nigeria Customs Service is working round the clock to free this country of illicit goods, some recalcitrant and unpatriotic citizens are not relenting in their desperate urge to sabotage our efforts.

“Ordinarily nobody would suspect that such act can be committed by supposed stakeholder’s that ought to be collaborating with the service to rid the nation of these harmful drugs.

“The Commands strategy of 24hours surveillance in and around the port has continued to yield desired results,” he said.

He however added that preliminary investigation is ongoing as the command is currently working hard to ascertain the level of involvement of other members of staff of the AP Miller Terminal with the view of getting to the root of the incident so as to take the appropriate action.

Abba-Kura added that the command, in the last 12 working days of July 1st through 15th, the command has collected the sum of N20.0 billion.