Customs seize ₦682m worth of cannabis indica at Tincan Port
The Nigeria Customs Service, Tin Can Island Command, has seized three containers loaded with 684 packets of Cannabis Indica weighing 341.025 kg, valued at ₦682 million.
The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Dera Nnadi, disclosed this at the command on Wednesday while handing over the contraband to officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency.
He added that the handing over of the contraband was in furtherance of existing interagency collaboration and the Memorandum of Understanding between the NDLEA and NCS.
According to him, the command, having received actionable intelligence on the suspected importation of illicit dangerous drugs from one of the source countries, intercepted the three containers.
Giving details of the seizure, Nnadi said a joint 100 percent physical examination was conducted on a 40-foot container with the number MSMU 518030/2 on the 2nd of August 2024. The examination revealed 77 packets of Cannabis Indica weighing 38.5 kg.
“Also, another 100 percent physical examination was conducted on a 40-foot container with the number MSMU 602957/0 on 8th August 2024, and the examination revealed 532 packets of Cannabis Indica weighing 265.025 kg.
“Again, a joint 100 percent physical examination was conducted on a 40-foot container with the number FSCU 927461/3 on 8th August 2024, and the examination revealed 75 packets of Cannabis Indica weighing 37.5 kg,” Nnadi stated.
The Tin Can Island Customs boss revealed that they have commenced an investigation with the partner agency, the NDLEA, regarding the importation.
Nnadi vowed that the command, and indeed the NCS in general, would deploy all necessary resources and strategies, in collaboration with other security and regulatory agencies, to check the menace of illegal importation of illicit and dangerous substances.
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