The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, last week, intercepted 26 sacks of Indian hemp weighing 3750 kilogrammes worth N100 million.
Lagos, office of Western Marine Command, the Comptroller Umar Yusuf who addressed newsmen at the Ibafon, Apapa, in company of other senior Naval officers said the seizure took place at 2.00am on Thursday night at Iworo harbour, Tanfi Island, off Badagry-Benin Republic axis after a tip-off.
He said: “After waiting for hours at ambush without the owners showing up, the team sought re-enforcement from Nigerian Navy who responded immediately and assisted in conveying the bags of cannabis to our base at Ibafon-Apapa, Lagos, on Friday morning. No suspect was arrested.
“A while ago, we seized more than 4,000 kilogrammes of cannabis valued N150 million. The drug was headed from Ghana and that is why we suspect that this one is also coming from Ghana. We handed them over to NAFDAC, just as we would do with this current seizure and they gave us a commendation letter.
“The parcels are called ‘Love’ just as the parcels in the former seizures were called ‘BIBLE’ and ‘GOD IS GOOD’.”
He said Customs management at Abuja has been very supportive of Western Marine Command and this support has been the motivating force for officers and men of the command.
The command also said it confiscated more than 200,000 bags of rice from smugglers in the last three weeks.
