Customs Intercept N102m Worth of Marijuana in Ogun State

Ogun State Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has handed over loads of cannabis sativa worth N102m which was seized from smugglers to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in the state.

Bamidele Makinde, the NCS Comptroller in Ogun, handed over the drugs to the NDLEA Commander Ishaku Kwajafa at the NCS office in Abeokuta.

According to Makinde, he said the handover of the illicit drugs to the NDLEA was to enhance the synergy between the NCS and the agency in the state.

Makinde noted that the NCS would hand over 319 sacks and over 500 wraps of marijuana to the NDLEA, adding that the duty paid value of the seized items was N102,848,768.

In his words, “In line with respect for each agency’s statutory functions and in order to further strengthen the synergy between the NCS and NDLEA, the Ogun I Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service, with the approval of the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hammed Ibrahim Ali (retd.), hands over intercepted Cannabis Sativa of 319 sacks (raw), 476 wraps (book size) and 96 wraps (coconut size) with the Duty Paid Value of N102,848,768.00 to the NDLEA, Ogun State Command, Abeokuta, Ogun State."

In his remarks, the NDLEA boss, Kwajafa, lauded the Nigeria customs for always intercepting the influx of drugs into the state.

Meanwhile, Kwajafa, while speaking with journalists after the development, blamed the menace of crimes in the country to youths’ indulgence in drugs.

He urged the masses to assist the agency in intelligence gathering.

In his reaction to the high number of drugs being intercepted, he said; “I shouldn’t be the only one worried, everyone should be worried because it is not a good thing at all.”

Kwajafa, however, implored the state residents to give information about illicit drugs across to the NDLEA whenever they sight cannabis smugglers or smokers in their areas.