The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin-Can Island Command, announced yesterday the seizure of three containers carrying 684 packets of Cannabis Indica weighing 341.025kg.
The items’ street value, according to its Area Controller, Dera Nnadi, is N682,050,000.00.
According to him, the prohibited items were shipped into the country on Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) vessels.
Addressing reporters in Lagos yesterday, Nnadi stated: “We have handed over the seized drugs to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in accordance with existing interagency collaboration and the MOU signed between the NDLEA and NCS.
According to him, “It gives me great pleasure to welcome you, our esteemed media professionals, to this handover ceremony. This occasion provides an opportunity to reveal three seizures in Tin-Can Island Area Command. Following consultations with Customs Headquarters, we hope to hand over several more containers of a similar nature in the coming weeks.
“In the meantime, after receiving actionable intelligence on the suspected importation of illicit dangerous drugs from one of the source countries, the Command intercepted the three containers we are displaying today.
The drugs extracted from the containers, he said: “are being handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) TCIP, in furtherance of existing interagency collaboration and the MOU signed between the NDLEA and NCS.
The controller stated that the details for each subject container are as follows: On August 2, 2024, a joint 100% physical examination of container number MSMU 518030/2 (1X40FT) revealed 77 packets of Cannabis Indica weighing 38.5kg.
“At the time of processing the intelligence, system profiling indicated that a declaration was made on an SGD Number withheld on 30-07-2024, listing three used vehicles.
On August 8, 2024, another 100% physical examination was performed on the container with number MSMU 602957/0 (1X40FT), which revealed 532 packets of Cannabis Indica weighing 265.025kg.
He also stated that “at the time of processing the intelligence, no declaration had been entered. MSC is the shipping company for the consignment.
