…Also 4 girls, Driver to Nigeria Immigration Service
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command has handed over fourteen (14) wraps of substance suspected to be Indian hemp with one (1) suspect to the Commander, National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on the 10th and 21st November, 2016 respectively.
According a release signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr. Selechang Taupyen, the suspect, Mr. Hassan Yusuf was intercepted by the patrol officers along Ashipa – Gbethromey axis.
Taupyen further disclosed that the Command also handed over a driver and four (4) children in his possession to the Comptroller, Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) Seme on the 18th November, 2016.
He stated that the driver, Mr. Porsu David suspected to be a human trafficker and the four children were intercepted at Ashipa axis by officers and men of the Command on 17th Nov, 2016 at 1200hrs in a vehicle with registration number AGL 538 BB.
The command’s spokesman noted that the Acting Customs Area Controller of the Command, Deputy Comptroller Ardo Mulima while handing over the suspects to the relevant agencies saddled with the responsibility of investigating the suspected trafficker and prosecution of the drugs suspect disclosed that the gesture was strictly in line with inter-agency cooperation that existed at the international land border.
He quoted the Acting CAC as saying that as the lead agency at the border, the Nigeria Customs Service would continue to collaborate with the relevant agencies for effective and efficient border management.
He further quoted Mulims as saying that as an agency that works strictly in line with the ethics of securing, coordinating and managing the border in line with the global best practices, the service also expects other relevant agencies to reciprocate the gesture by giving classified and credible information about smugglers and other unpatriotic elements involved in trans-border vices.
“The Nigeria Customs Service will not compromise to act promptly against any offender at the border even when the offence committed does not fall directly under the purview of the service”, Mulima was quoted.
The Commander of the NDLEA was represented at the ceremony by Mr. Abdul . A. Maiyaki while that of the NIS was represented by Assistant Comptroller of Immigration (Surveillance Unit), Mr. Isa, I.A.
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