Customs Service intercepted
smuggled Indian-hemp worth N122.5 millio; ninety bags of Indian hemp weighing
1,259kg was seized from suspected traffickers in the border town of Imeko in
Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun- state.
The Customs Area Controller
for the Ogun Command, Haruna Mamudu while briefing newsmen, yesterday, in
Abeokuta, said Customs officials along the Imeko axis of the state made the
seizure which was neatly packed in 359 parcels and 90 sacks from traffickers
operating in the area.
Mamudu said that the 359
parcels were seized last Sunday, and the other 90 sacks containing the Indian
hemp were confiscated about two weeks. He said that the illicit substance was
seized from the traffickers following a tip-off.
According to him, the
seizure and the handing over of the consignment of Indian hemp to the NDLEA was
part of the cooperation existing between the various security agencies
regarding the fight against crime.
Mamudu also said that the
command in the first four months of this year, generated the sum of
N2,356,937,173.89 as against N1,985,420,606.16 collected within the same period
in 2014, making a difference of N371,516,567.73.
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