By Anne Ejuka
The TinCan Island command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) through a collaborative effort with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted large quantity of pharmaceutical preparations suspected to be hard drugs in a 1×40 ft container with no MSCU 1751320 during routine examination.
This was revealed in a statement made available by the command's image maker, Uche Egesisme, which states that the command while relying on the well established collaboration and synergy which is at the base of the command's standard operating procedure, the NDLEA while acting on intelligence which has been on their radar notified the Customs Area Controller (CAC) Comptroller MBA Musa of their suspicion that the said container was laden with concealed hard drugs.
Container Of Hard Drugs Intercepted Through Collaborative Effort At Tin Can Portm
Following the development, the CAC directed that the container be transferred to the Enforcement unit of the command on the 6th of September 2021 where a 100% physical examination was carried out and it was discovered that tje said container was laden with the following offending drugs:
1,506 cartons of BARCADINE CODEINE(100 bottles per carton of 100ml) each.
(2) 189 CARTONS OF 100 PCS PER CARTON OF REALLY EXTRA (PAIN AND FEVER TABLETS)
(3)47 cartons of 6 packs of 3pcs each.
Sequel to this,the said container was impounded and will be handed over to NDLEA in line with section 169 of the Customs and Excise management Act Cap C45 laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 2004 as amended.
Continuing, the statement reads "it is instructive to reiterate that the renewed and strengthened partnership with sister Agencies in the port, has continually yielded expected results and the command will leverage on that to decimate the activities of these criminal gangs and their supply chain".
"It is also pertinent to note that young Nigerians are addicted to CODEINE SYRUP, a medicine that’s become a street drug, excessive consumption of which can cause PSYCHOSIS AND ORGAN FAILURE".
