Customs arrests 2 suspects with container loaded with pump-action rifles at Tin Can Port

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a 20-foot container conveying concealed parts of pump-action rifles and two 40-foot containers laden with cannabis-infused products hidden among imported goods at the Tin Can Island Port.
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, who paraded the seizures before journalists at the port on Thursday, disclosed that 140 double-barrel pump-action rifles had been reassembled from the container as of press time. He added that investigations into both seizures had led to the arrest of two suspects.
He added that the principal importer of the firearms remains at large, saying that the 20-foot container, with number TEMU-184536/9, arr...