Customs intercepts 140 rifles, N373.8m drug cargo in Lagos

Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has seized a container concealing parts of more than 140 pump-action rifles and cannabis-infused products worth N373.8 million at the Tincan Island port, Lagos.
The Public Relations Officer of NCS, Abdullahi Maiwada made this disclosure in a statement on Sunday.
Maiwada stated that the rifle components, identified preliminarily as jojeff pump-action rifles, were discovered after the container was flagged by customs’ intelligence-driven risk management system, leading to the arrest of two suspects while another remains at large.
According to him, in a separate operation, officers seized 109 cartons of delta-8 cannabis infused pre-roll cookies, 125 carton...