July 03, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced another interception of a cache of arms and ammunition worth N270 million at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMA), Lagos.
This is coming less than 72 hours after the Comptroller General of NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, announced the interception of a container laden with arms and ammunition illegally imported into the country from Türkiye in Onne Port.
THEWILL had on Monday reported that at Onne Port in Rivers State, the Service intercepted a 40-feet container which contained 844 units of rifles and 112,500 pieces of live ammunition imported into the country from Türkiye.
The new consignment intercepted at the cargo section of the MMA was also imported from Turkey with one suspect in custody.
According to Adeniyi, military hardware and accoutrements were also intercepted by the Airport Command of NCS.
“On 19th June 2024, the MMA 2 Command deployed personnel to man all exit points and conducted examination on all consignment due to the intelligence available to us and upon examination a parcel with number 235/587737755, which originated from Türkiye, was intercepted.
“The consignment was exterminated from the rest and it was gathered that 55 pieces of Tomahawk semi-automatic shotgun were intercepted with one suspect arrested,” he said.
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