Customs hands over drugs seized from couriers to NDLEA in Kebbi

The Area Command of the Nigeria Custom Service, Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State, has handed over 632 parcels of Indian hemp, two sacks containing 199 sachets of 1000 pieces of Diazepam to the state command of National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in the state.

A press statement on behalf of the state Comptroller of Customs, Mr. Hafiz Kalla, signed by the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Nasiru Manga, disclosed that the decision was a directive from the Comptroller General of Customs, Colonel Ahmed Ali (retd), in the spirit of inter-agency collaboration.

Pointing out that the items were intercepted by officers and men of his command in collaboration with other units of the service, he explained that the Duty Paid Value of the items stands at N22,013,469.

The area comptroller expressed his men’s determination not only to combat smuggling of goods injurious to the nation’s economy, but also to fight against importation of any drugs capable of spelling doom for the youths, which he said were the targets of the illicit drugs.

The Kebbi State Commander of NDLEA, Mr Peter Odaudu, in his remarks commended the Kebbi Area Command of the Customs Service for the feat and the synergy it exhibited, adding that combating drug abuse and use of illicit drugs was not for the law enforcement alone, but everybody’s responsibility.