The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Tuesday, said its officers seized 46.55kg of cocaine worth N13.2bn from two ships, MV KARTERIA and CHAYANEE NAREE at the Lagos ports in the month of November 2021.
Addressing newsmen in Lagos, the Customs Area Comptroller of the Apapa Command, Yusuf Malanta Ibrahim, also said that the Command recorded a seizure of 13 containers with a duty paid value of 285 million in the month of November 2021.
According to the Apapa Customs Controller, “A seizure of 46.55 kg of cocaine concealed on vessels MV KARTERIA and CHAYANEE NAREE with a street value of N13.2 billion was recorded on two different occasions.
“The Command’s seizure record between January-November 2021 stood at 97 containers with a total duty paid value of N17.5 billion.
“Notable among the seized items are hard substances like Captagon pills, Cocaine, Tramadol, Codeine syrup, Foreign parboiled rice, Tomato paste, Used clothings, etc.
“These were seizures made based on clear contravention of sections 46, 47 and 161 of CEMA (Customs and Excise
Management Act) Cap C45 LFN 2004.
“For the avoidance of doubt, we would like to reiterate here that we will not compromise proper examination on the altar of trade facilitation, and we will also not relent on sharing intelligence to alert the system on false declaration even after examination or release of falsely declared cargo.
“Concealments will always be unveiled through the use of forensic manifest management system and synergy with other sister agencies in the port.
“While appreciating our stakeholders and compliant traders for keeping to the rules of engagement on import and export procedures by adhering to the dictates of import/export guidelines, I would like to warn perpetrators
of illegalities that our officers are always vigilant to uncover any form of unlawful trade.
“I once again want to urge the trading public to make sincere declarations, pay accurate duty and get required permits to avoid losing their investments and facing prosecution.”
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