Onne Customs sieze 844 riffles, 112,500 ammunition in 2024
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, says it seized no fewer than 844 rifles and 112,500 rounds of ammunitions imported from Turkey in 2024, as well as arrested some suspects in the process .several millions of illicit drugs too.
The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, says it seized no fewer than 844 rifles and 112,500 rounds of ammunitions imported from Turkey in 2024, as well as arrested some suspects in the process.
The also seizee 9.624 million bottles of 100 ml syrup with codeine, 11.679 million tablets of 50mg of really extra diclofeenac, 64.958 million tablet of 225 mg of tapendatol, a brand of tamadol that has the ability to collapse the central nervous system.
Furthermore, it also siezed 14.250 million tablet or 5 mg, of benzhexol, 15.6 million tablet of 4mg chlorphenamie, 25 drums of diphenhydramine hydrochloride IP of 25 kg each, 480,000 tablets of Stapsiril, 108,000 tablets of rapid pills for sore throat.
Controller of the Onne Zone of the command, Mohammed Babandede who spoke said his officers, assisted by a team of soldiers led by a General from the office of the National Security Adviser, spent two days counting the seized items.
Babandede spoke when the House of Representatives Committee on Customs and Excise visited the zone in the course of its oversight functions.
The Chairman of the House of the Committee noted that the NCS and other relevant government agencies, stakeholders and all Nigerians must take the importation and proliferation of illicit drugs, arms, ammunition as a big challenge.
Meanwhile, the command has also seized 192,990 tablets or microgram of contiflo, 7.665 million capsule of 200 mg of gonorrhoea antibiotics, 38.840 million tablets of lemotil , 600,000 tablets of Sildentil citrate, 2.175 million tablets of 200 my hyergra (a brand of Viagra) and 4.830 million capsules of 300mg of pregabalin.
The seized cache of arms has been handed over to the National Security Adviser for custody while those arrested in connection with the import are expected to face trial, adding that arms were enough to cause disruption in the entire southern part of the country if they had entered the country
Chairman of the House Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapon, Aliyu Happy Misau said aside from arresting some suspects in connection with the arms importation, the originator of the importation in Turkey was arrested and brought to Nigeria to face trial.
He said the antibiotics seized by the command were dangerous to the health of humans, saying incidences of banditry, kidnapping and other organised crimes in the country were directly linked with the illegal importation of arms and illicit drugs.
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