LAGOS SEPTEMBER 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The French navy has seized nearly 10 tons of cocaine worth more than $600 million from a fishing vessel off the coast of West Africa, French authorities said on Thursday. The seizure by two navy ships on Monday followed a tip-off by anti-drug and maritime intelligence authorities and British police, authorities in…
LAGOS JULY 19TH (NEWSRNAGERS)-Russian customs authorities said Wednesday that they seized 820 kilograms (1,800 pounds) of cocaine hidden under a shipment of bananas, calling it their largest bust of drugs from Latin America this year. The haul, valued at more than 12 billion rubles ($153 million), was uncovered in banana containers with the help…
By Ifeanyi Nwabuogu LAGOS MAY 2ND (NEWSRNAGERS)-Men of Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) has intercepted high tech drones, unregistered pharmaceutical and other sophisticated items valued at N912 billions between the month of January and April 2025 in the year under review. This was disclosed to newsmen by Controller General of Nigerian Custom Service, Wale Adeniyi in…
LAGOS APRIL 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ondo/Ekiti Command, has intercepted over 140 sacks of Cannabis sativa, popularly known as Indian hemp, weighing over 1,400 kilograms. With the substance valued at N112 million, the suspects as well as the hard drugs were handed over to the state command of the National Drug Law and…
LAGOS MARCH 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service, Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, said it intercepted a total of $578 000 falsely declared from an inbound passenger coming into Nigeria from South Africa. The Customs Area Controller in charge of the command, John Harrison announced this while addressing journalists at the command on Friday. He explained…
LAGOS JULY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigeria Customs Service said its operatives intercepted nine containers carrying offensive items including arms, ammunition, Illicit drugs and second-hand clothes worth N13.9 billion. The Comptroller-General, NCS, Adewale Adeniyi disclosed this on Monday while addressing journalists in Onne Port, Rivers State. Adeniyi said one of the containers which originated from Turkey, based…
LAGOS JANUARY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Moroccan police, in collaboration with Spanish security forces, have confiscated 1.488 tonnes (3,280lb) of cocaine in a joint operation. The illicit substance was concealed within banana boxes inside a shipping container on a vessel originating from South America en route to Turkey. The seizure occurred on Tuesday at the Tanger Med port…
LAGOS DECEMBER 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers, on Thursday, seized $68,000 from a Nigeria-bound family who lied about the value of cash in their possession. The confiscation was made at the Washington Dulles International Airport when the officers were conducting inspections on outbound passengers departing on a flight to Cairo,…