The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Monday, July 17, 2023, revealed that it intercepted a 40-foot container load of g¥ns at Ports and Terminal Multi-Services Limited (PTML) and Tin-Can Island Port heading for the South-East region of the country.
The discovery was made during a joint inspection exercise between Customs, Nigeria Police, the Department of State Security (DSS), and the National Drug Law Enforcement and Administration (NDLEA).
According to Daily Trust, addressing journalists in Lagos on Monday, the acting Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Bashir Adeniyi said the discovery was through the dedication of officers and men of the service.
He said after a thorough physical examination of a 40ft container conducted on July 5, 2023, “The examination revealed the concealment of 10 dang£rous arms and various rounds of live amm¥nition inside plastic drums.
The clearing agent, Mr Shokunbi Olanrewaju of Shooler Global International Ltd and Mr Joseph Nwadiodor, who was expected to take delivery of the container, are currently detained as suspects in connection with the seizure.
Similarly, within the same period, the Tin-Can Island Port Command of the Service, while acting on credible intelligence; subjected a 1by40ft container to 100 per cent physical examination with the relevant security agencies at the ports,” he explained.
According to him, the physical examination uncovered 18 arms, packets of cartr#dg£s and rounds of live amm¥nitions inside plastic drums.
He said the details are two Sar9 Sarsilmaz Pist@ls; one Ruger American Pist@l and three Taurus G3c – Bainbridge Pist@ls).
He said the investigation into the seizure was inconclusive and the outcome of the Service investigations together with the seizure would be handed over to the appropriate authorities for further investigation and prosecution.
