Customs Seizes N27.9m Fake, Expired Drugs In Lagos

The Seme Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it intercepted unregistered and expired pharmaceutical products worth N27.9million smuggled

Comptroller Nnadi further reinforced his earlier pledge to adopt new strategies that would boost trade while enforcing the nation’s anti-smuggling laws along Abidjan-Lagos Corridor in line with the ECOWAS protocols on the free movement of goods and persons.

“The Command and indeed every Nigerian is worried about this particular seizure considering the dangerous use of morphine which is a derivate of opium. This drug can be deployed for illicit use to aid criminals.” “While we draw your attention to this development, recall that, on the 21st of April, 2023, the officer of the Command on a routine patrol along the Abidjan-Lagos Corridor intercepted a Ford Bus conveying 7 large sacks containing 553 parcels and four suspects were also arrested in connection with the seizure.

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