The Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted truck-loads of banned
drugs including tramadol and other illicit drugs worth N5 billion in
Lagos.
Joseph Attah, the spokesman for the service conducted newsmen round a
warehouse where the trucks of the intercepted items were parked at the
Ikeja Training College of the service. Attah said the
Comptroller-General of Customs Strike Force in Zone ‘A’ stumbled on the
contraband.
According to him, the smugglers believe that festive period is a time
of merriment and less vigilance, “but our officers intercepted the
illicit drugs as the smugglers attempted to move it from Lagos to other
parts of the country’’.
“On Aug. 13, at about 2 a.m, operatives of the Headquarters Strike
Force Zone A intercepted a truck laden with dreaded codeine, tramadol
and other controlled pain killers along Maryland, Ikeja road.
“The intercepted trailer contains illicit drugs and was immediately
brought to the attention of the team leader of the force, Assist.
Comptroller of Customs Usman Yahya, who deepened preliminary
investigation that led to the discovery of a warehouse along Oshodi-Mile
2 road.
“The warehouse was stocked with tramadol, codeine and
other unregistered pharmaceutical products without the National Agency
for Foods Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) number,” Attah said.
He said the warehouse was immediately sealed with a detachment of
well armed officers to guard the place. Attah said the
Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), had already
directed a thorough investigation with a view to bringing all those
connected to the drugs to justice.
He said that evaluation of those intercepted drugs had commenced,
adding that a suspect who happened to be the truck driver was
apprehended and in custody for judicial process.
{Naijafinix.com}
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