The Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Seme Area Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Comptroller Victor Dimka has handed over two suspects, Mr. Abdullahi Ismail and Mr. Valentine Malizu who were arrested for being in possession of forty (40) wraps of substances suspected to be illicit hard drugs concealed inside cartons of crayfish to the officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos.
The seizure of the drugs which weighed about 43.4kg with a value of N412, 300.00 was made possible by the Border Patrol Crack Team ‘A’ led by CSC Ozah, M.O. recently at Elijah by 1700hrs.
A release signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Selechang Taupyen indicated that acting on an intelligence report, the information received was properly and timely handled, the careful usage of the information paid off when the two (2) suspects were arrested.
However, an attempt by the suspects to bribe the Border patrol Officers was resisted even as they were found to be in possession of over nine (9) different SIM cards as well as assorted charms.
After the handing over, the CAC re-iterated that the tempo of aggressive patrol within the border would be sustained by his vigilant officers.
He warned that all those involved in trans-border crimes should desist from the act or they would continue to face the full wrath of the law.
Receiving the suspects and the substance, the Senior Narcotic Officer, Idrees D. U. who represented the Commander of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Seme, said that scientific analysis of the illicit drugs and the subsequent prosecution of the suspects in court would be the next line of action to be towed by the agency.
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