Customs intercepts N20m drugs at Idi-Iroko border
Men of the Ogun State command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have intercepted 33 cartons of fake drugs at the Idi Iroko border town between Nigeria and Republic of Benin.
The seized goods was valued at the cost of N20 million.
The anti-smuggling unit of NCS also confiscated 500 bags of rice which Duty Payable Value (DPV) is put at N5. 1 million being smuggled into Nigeria.
Ogun Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Waindu Multafu, who briefed journalists in Idiroko border town about the seizure, explained that the contrabands were confiscated when NCS operatives raided an unregistered warehouses located at a creek side near Ipokia town in the Ipokia local government area of the state.
Multafu stated that the NCS personnel, acting on a tip-off, invaded the Creek warehouse from where they seized the contrabands which comprised of fake antibiotics and anti-malaria Intra Venus (IV) injections.
The NCS Area Controller further disclosed that all the contrabands, which include 6 cartons of Fluclox injection, 4 cartons of Meropen injection, 4 cartons of Gold win dusting powder, 4 carton of Ondecan injection, 5 cartons of Meropen injection, 7 cartons Himadium capsules, 6 cartons of Artemether anti-malarial injection among others were evacuated and safely deposited at the customs premises in Idiroko.
