The Apapa command of the Nigeria Customs Service(NCS) said it has seized prohibited dosage of tramadol with a street value of N6billion.
Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller,Yusuf Ibrahim Malanta ,who disclosed at the weekend,also showed the seizure concealed in a 20 foot container and packed in 150 Cartons.
The illicit drugs were from Pakistan,he said,adding that they were concealed with towels, but we’re uncovered through the eagle eyes of officers who deployed what he called “Forensic Manifest Management System” .
Handing over the drugs to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), he said: “On the authority of the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rtd), I, Comptroller MI Yusuf, Customs Area Controller, Apapa Command do hereby handover 1x20ft container No. PCIU 0183241 laden with eighty-one (81) cartons of 250mg and sixty-nine (69) cartons of 225mg of tramadol tablets (Each carton contains 72 rolls, each roll contains 10 packs, each pack contains 10 sachets, and each sachet contains 10 tablets) totaling 150 cartons of tramadol tablets to the Commander of Narcotics, Commander Ameh Inalegwu, Apapa Special Area Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for further agency action.”
He disclosed that one suspect was arrested in connection with the seizure and have also been handed over to the NDLEA for further interrogation and investigation.
He added that the handing over is to further strengthen the existing relationship between the Nigeria Customs Service, the NDLEA and other relevant government agencies operating in the port.
He said:“The fight against illicit drug abuse and trafficking is everyone’s business and the Nigeria Customs Service is all out to support the NDLEA in combating this ugly menace decisively.We have just started, we would make sure that all these illicit drugs have no place in Apapa command.
“The drugs were concealed with towels, and the true content of the container was not declared. However, the customs deployed what he called “Forensic Manifest Management System” to bring out the contents of the container”.
Receiving the container, Mr Ameh Inalegwu, Apapa Commander of NDLEA disclosed that the Chairman of NDLEA, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (Rtd), has expressed great pride in the Apapa customs boss, Compt Yusuf Malanta.
