NDLEA Snubbed Customs in Arresting Cocain At Tin Can Port—Spokesman
Comptroller Musa Abdullahi, Area Controller Tin Can Customs Command
By DAPO OLAWUNI
There are indications that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) did not follow due protocol in arresting the 105.2 kg of Cocaine at Josepdam Terminal at Tin Can Island Port.
The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Port Manager was also alleged to have participated in the conspiracy to sideline Customs in the cocain seizure.
In a statement by the spokesman of the Nigeria Customs Service, Tin Can Island Port Command, Uche Ejesieme stated this in a statement issued on Lagos on Tuesday.
DAILY TREND NEWS had reported exclusively that security agents at the Tin Can Island Port in Lagos intercepted 105.2 kg of Cocaine wrapped in 40 packets onboard a vessel; MV SPAR SCORPIO while discharging at Josepdam Terminal.
In the statement by Ejesieme, he confirmed that “During routine discharge of Bulk Sugar at about 1103hrs on Monday 8th February, 2021 at the Josepdam Terminal, the Terminal Operators noticed two (2) bags of substances in the hopper that is used to discharge sugar from the Vessel into waiting trucks in the Terminal”
“The bags were recovered by the Terminal Security Operatives who now invited the PSO to the Port Manager to report the developments, without recourse to the Customs”
“However, we understand that the substances have been handed over to the NDLEA. In this circumstance, it is only the NDLEA that can give further details on this issue”
