The Nigeria Customs Service at Seme border has
arrested a couple with 30 compressed blocks of weed suspected to be
Indian hemp, whose value is put at N3.2m.
The substance was seized while being conveyed into
the country from the Republic of Benin through the Seme border in a Kia
Sephia car with Lagos number plate KSF160AG.
The Customs Area Controller, Mr. Othman Saleh, said
in a statement on Wednesday that the substance was concealed in the
bonnet and under the seat of the car.
He added that the car was intercepted at Gbaji checkpoint.
Apart from the couple, the CAC also said a baby was found in the car.
Saleh said the suspects, along with the exhibits and
the car had been handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency
for further investigation and prosecution.
He added that the arrest and seizure were in
furtherance of his resolve to strengthen the existing inter-service tie
between the customs at the border and other government agencies such as
NDLEA.
He warned persons involved in any form of illegality
at the border to desist as all government security agencies operating
under his chairmanship at the joint security meeting were determined to
flush out all criminals in the area.
Taking over the drugs and suspects, Mr. Bashir
Oladosun, a Superintendent of Narcotics, commended Saleh and his men for
the arrest.
