December 18, (THEWILL) – Officers at Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have intercepted a container loaded with arms and ammunition,
The owner of the container, THEWILL learnt had said the consignment contained electronics but the Customs officials, upon close examination of the cartons discovered they were filled with guns.
As at the time of filing in this report, the Public Relations Officer of the Tin Can Customs Command, Uche Ejesieme said details are still sketchy as physical examination of the said container is still ongoing.
He said, “The Command wishes to confirm very categorically that during routine examination at the terminal B2 (Vehicle) of the TICT on Friday, 17th December 2021, our operatives stumbled on a suspected container laden with arms and possibly ammunition.
“We quickly sealed it up and intimated the terminal operators to quickly move the container to our enforcement unit where we hope to conduct a 100 percent examination by Monday morning.
“The information is still very sketchy as we speak. By the time we conduct comprehensive information, we will be able to avail the media with the circumstances and possibly the suspects.
“We are going to do a comprehensive investigation into this with a view to unravelling the criminal gang behind this and continue to decimate and degrade them.”
