The Nigeria Customs Service, Western Marine Command, said it intercepted 53 sacks of cannabis sativa weighing 1,958kg with a duty-paid value of N398m in Lagos
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Lomba Benjamin, disclosed this in a statement on Friday.
Speaking on the seizures, the Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, Paul Bamisaiye, said that the contrabands were intercepted at Ilase Sea Beach, about 200 nautical miles from the Lagos Anchorage.
He said that the smugglers tried to run away but were overpowered by the officers, “they abandoned the boat and jumped into the sea.”
“The boat was quickly secured and brought to the office where it was found to contain 3,793 loaves of cannabis sativa divided into 53 sacks and weighed 1,958kg. The duty paid value of the seizure is N398m,” he said.
He stressed that the contrabands, which were intercepted on Thursday at about 11pm, were a result of the intensified efforts by the ever-focused and eagle-eyed officers of the command.
He said that the interception was the highest single operational seizure of cannabis sativa under his administration.
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