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,…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 21ST (NEWSRANGERS)-The Tunisian coastguard said on Tuesday it had intercepted more than 2,500 migrants and arrested dozens of human smugglers following a major crackdown launched last weekend in the coastal region of Sfax, a main departure point for migrants heading to Italy. The operation, which included hundreds of security forces supported by anti-terrorism…
LAGOS SEPTEMBER 15TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Kebbi State police border patrol operatives has intercepted container Truck with Reg. No. IT 21520 LA, Lagos State loaded with Four Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty Seven parcels of dried leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, worth over Three Hundred Million Naira. The illegal consignments were recovered on 10th September, 2023 at…