The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it intercepted 2,448 wraps of Cannabis sativa and 2,667 used tyres in two and half months.
The Area Controller, Dr Ben Oramalugo, disclosed this in Ibadan on Friday while briefing newsmen on the command’s achievements between June 14 and Aug. 29.
Oramalugo said other seized items include a used Mazda car, 2,183 bags of 50 Kilogrammes of foreign rice, 753 kegs, 94 drums of petrol and 24 bales of used clothing.
The area commander put the total Duty Paid Value of the seizures in the months under review stood at N713,150,400.
He regretted that the continuous consumption of hard drugs by some youths was not helping the fight against insecurity in the nation.
This, he said, must not be allowed to continue for the future of the country.
According to him, NCS has a responsibility to support the National Drug Law Enforcement…
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