The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit Zone C Owerri has intercepted 1,024 cartons of contraband drugs with duty paid value at ₦819 million.Customs Intercept Illegal Drugs Worth ₦819m In Imo
According to the Area controller of customs FOU Zone C, Yusuf Lawal, the drugs which were Intercepted along Ofosu-Benin expressway were identified as Colcaps Medicament, illegally shipped into the country from India without NAFDAC certification.
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Lawal added that the negative effect of unlicensed drugs in the country cannot be overemphasized.
While also displaying some other seized items like bags of foreign rice, vehicles and second-hand clothing, Controller Lawal said the men of the NCS FOU Zone C is readily prepared to fight the menace of smuggling in the zone.
He advised smugglers to look for another means of livelihood and desist from economic sabotage.
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