He made this known to newsmen in Lagos State on Friday, saying the intercepted drugs were valued at N4 billion.
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Some of the commuters and residents spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria in separate interviews on Wednesday.
Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Mba Musa, told a news conference that the cocaine was contained in a vessel MV SPAR SCORPIO which also carried 42,000 tonnes of raw sugar from Brazil.
The Nigerian Ports Authority said it had removed a container and an articulated vehicle involved in an accident at the First Gate of Tin-Can Island Port, Lagos.
Inuwa, the NARTO official in charge of Dry Cargo Section, Tin-Can Island Port, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria.
The guns are alleged to have been imported from Turkey through profiling approach
Vanguard gathered that the guns were discovered after the Customs Area Controller of the Command, Comptroller Bashir Yussuf, ordered a detailed profiling of the importer of the 1,100 rifles intercepted last week
The Customs Area Comptroller of the command, Comptroller Yusuf Bashar, made the disclosure on Monday in Lagos
He said the pistol was discovered in a Toyota Camry Solara with Chassis No 4TIFA38P46U065280, adding that another Toyota Matrix with a Chassis No 2TILE4EE08C013249 was also intercepted along with the Toyota Camry Solara
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the agents barricaded the APM terminal at the Tin-Can Island port and bared people from going in and out of the port
Though the cause of the argument could not be ascertained as at press time, it was gathered that the police officer, probably under the influence of alcohol, allegedly pulled out his rifle and shot the customs officer at close range
It said that the ships were laden with petroleum products, bulk fertiliser, new and used vehicles, rice and frozen fish
‘We’ve set up a safety commission trying to design safety standards for different activities, including this and of course some of the times when we try to get compliance here, this place is sealed up with all sorts of security men who would say that this is a national security thing that we can’t come in’
Ibrahim Farinloye, an official of the National Emergency Management Agency, said: “There was a ship that was trying to discharge into an oil tank owned by (Nigerian firm) MRS and there was a fire, but I don’t yet have any details as to what led to the fire