The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ’C’ Owerri has intercepted cannabis sativa, raw materials for production of explosive devices, as well as other contraband with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1.6 billion.
The Zone also arrested nine suspects in connection with the seizures between July 25 and September 23, 2023.
The Controller of the unit, Kayode Kolade, while speaking with newsmen in Benin on Monday said his men also intercepted nine sacks of 50kg each of explosive materials namely fertiliser, device cables and superpower chemicals.
“It may interest you to know that superpower 90 is designed for priming applications and as a column explosive in surface and underground mining and general blasting,” he said.
Other items seized include 1,329 bags of 50kg smuggled foreign rice; 417 sacks of cannabis sativa weighing 9,194kg and 627 compressed parcels of the same substance totaling 627kg.
Also impounded are one unit were an armored bullion van, 761 jumbo bales of second hand clothing, 883 cartons of various unregistered/expired medicaments, 192 packets of 225mg of tramadol, 100 cartons of wine, 5,737 pieces of used pneumatic tyres and 335 cartons of smuggled foreign tomatoes paste.
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