Lagos: Customs arrests importer, clearing agent over importation of 399 rifles

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested an importer and a female clearing agent over the alleged illegal importation of 399 Jojef pump-action rifles through the Tin Can Island Port, Lagos.
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this on Monday during the formal handover of the seized firearms to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW).
The latest arrest and recovery bring the total to about 11 suspects arrested so far and 21,399 firearms handed over to the NCCSALW.
It will be recalled that the Nigeria Customs Service, in July 2026, handed over about 55 pieces of Jojef Magnum Tomahawk Shot Gun and 844 assorted...