THE Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has intercepted a vehicle conveying large quantities of Indian hemp being brought into the country.
Head, Media Relations and Strategy of FRSC, Mr Bisi Kazeem, in a statement, on Monday in Abuja, said the corps patrol team apprehended and impounded a vehicle along Badagry-Seme border for seatbelt violation and driver’s licence violation, only to discover that the said vehicle was conveying a large quantities of Indian hemp into Nigeria.
He said the team of Badagry Unit Command of FRSC on patrol operations along the route intercepted the vehicle with registration number, EPE 237 XC at 8.:45a.m. and had already established the two offences before making the discovery with the help of the Nigerian Customs who were equally on the same route with their patrol team.
According to him, the vehicle was taken over by the Conptroller of Customs, Seme, for further investigations before it would be handed over to the appropriate authorities.
It will be recalled that not long ago, the corps intercepted a vehicle conveying minors through Kaduna with some suspected child traffickers and handed them over to the relevant authorities.
In the same Kaduna, the FRSC rescue team also recovered five locally-made AK-47 rifles from a man whose vehicle was involved in a crash.
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