The Nigerian Customs Service, (NCS) Area 11 Command, Onne, Rivers State said it has intercepted nine 40-foot containers laden with Tramadol.
The Deputy Comptroller-General of Customs in-charge of Enforcement, Investigation and Inspection, Augustine Chidi disclosed this to journalists at Onne yesterday.
He said that the containers with a duty paid value of N3,060,000,000 were falsely declared as containing PVC ball valves and general merchandise goods.
Chidi said that upon diligent profiling of the exporter in India, the country of origin, there was reasonable suspicion that eventually led to the discovery of the drugs.
The Deputy Comptroller-General recalled that 50 containers were impounded last week in Lagos bringing the total number of impounded items to 59.
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