By Adeleye Kunle
The Nigeria Customs Service, Apapa Command, announced the seizure of a container load of tramadol imported from Pakistan with a street value of approximately N6 billion.
Comptroller Yusuf Ibrahim Malanta, Customs Area Controller of Apapa Customs, revealed this at the weekend, saying the drugs were carefully concealed with towels, but the drugs were discovered thanks to the eagle eyes of officers and the deployment of what he called the “Forensic Manifest Management System.”
According to Malanta, the offensive items handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, include “1x20ft container No. PCIU 0183241 laden with eighty-one (81) cartons of 250mg and sixty-nine (69) cartons of 225mg of tramadol tablets (Each carton contains 72 rolls, each roll contains 10 packs, each pack contains 10 sachets, and each sachet contains 10 tablets) totaling Mr Ameh Inalegwu, Apapa Commander of NDLEA, said while receiving the container that the Chairman of NDLEA, Brig Gen Buba Marwa (Rtd), has expressed great pride in the Apapa Customs boss.
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