Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service in Apapa Port have seized two 40-foot containers containing illicit tramadol drugs packed in 225 milligram laden in Apapa Port, Lagos.
The Customs Area Controller of Apapa Command, Comptroller Auwal Baba, who disclosed this to newsmen on Friday, revealed that the containers were uncovered based on reasonable suspicion as no importer or agent had come forward to clear them.
Disclosing that the drugs were still being counted and 7,000 tablets had been counted as at the time of the briefing, Compt. Mohammed assured that the command will continue to secure the ports and protect citizens from the negative effects of such unlawful importation.
While inspecting the counting of the seized drugs along with journalists, NDLEA officials and others, he called for cooperation of the public through sharing of information on the activities of smugglers to rid the country of unlawful substances that fuel criminality and destroy lives.
In his contribution, the NDLEA Commander, Udotong Noah Essien, commended the Customs for the seizure and said his agency was also monitoring the containers that came from India.
Udotong said investigations into the drug importation will be intensified and arrests made
Few weeks ago, Comptroller Mohammed handed same class of illicit drugs at Classic bonded terminal.
This is the highest single seizure of tramadol drugs made in Apapa Port in 2 x 40-foot containers.
