Customs Intercepts 90 bags of Indian hemp, smuggled into the State

The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has impounded 90 bags of Indian hemp weighing 1,259kg from suspected traffickers in the border town of Imeko in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of the state.

 

It also intercepted smuggled goods worth N122.5 million.

 

The Customs Area Controller for the Ogun Command, Haruna Mamudu while briefing reporters in Abeokuta, on Wednesday, June 3, said Customs officials along the Imeko axis of the state made the seizure which was neatly packed in 359 parcels and 90 sacks from traffickers operating in the area .

 

 

Mamudu said that the 359 parcels were seized last Sunday, and the other 90 sacks containing the Indian hemp were confiscated about two weeks.