The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit has intercepted three Mazda saloon cars loaded with live cartridges concealed in sacks of gari [cassava flour].
The Acting Controller in Charge of the unit, Hussein Ejibunu, made this known on Monday in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, Theophilus Duniya.
Ejibunu said that the seizures were made while officers of the zone were on patrol on Sunday at about 10.00 p.m. along Igboora axis of Oyo State.
According to the statement, the drivers abandoned their vehicles on sighting the team’s official vehicle.
“The items discovered during physical examination in the office include 751 pieces of AAA, 70mm live Lion cartridges, sacks of cassava flour and sacks of parboiled rice.
“However, the vehicles, including their contents, have been deposited at the unit headquarters for further investigation,” he said.
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