BEVERLY HILLS, May 23, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria customs service (NCS) has intercepted a container-load of arms and ammunition, imported from Turkey, at the Tin Can Island Port in Lagos state
According to Monday Abue, Head of Tin Can Island Command, who disclosed this to journalists, the consignment was falsely declared as plaster of Paris (POP) but upon investigations, it contained 440 arms and ammunition.
“They are pump action rifles of various designs and also the single barrel device that you are familiar with. Based on intelligence report, Controller Bashar identified and intercepted the container,” he explained.
“We discovered that they used POP to conceal the importation. We have arrested one defendant but due to security reasons, we don’t want to make it public for now because such information could hamper investigations which are still ongoing.”
In another statement afterwards, spokesman of the Tin Can Island command, Uche Eiesieme, revealed that “100 pieces of black tornado single barrel rifles, 75 pieces of silver magnum single barrel rifles, 50 pieces of altar pump action rifles, 215 pieces of black single barrel rifles among other accessories” were discovered.
The development comes five months after 49 boxes containing 661 pieces of pump action rifles were intercepted in Lagos.
The boxes were concealed with steel and other merchandise goods.
