Nigerian Custom Seizes 88 Coconuts With India Hemp Inside, Alongside Compressed Books (photos)


The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Ogun State Area Command has seized 88 coconut packs and 42 compressed book packs hiding Cannabis Sativa, also known as Indian hemp in a creek along Idiroko-Benin Republic border.

The Command Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Maiwada, made this known in a press release on Sunday.

“Upon thorough examination, forty two (42) compressed book packs and eighty eight (88) coconut packs of Cannabis Sativa (popularly known as Indian hemp) were uncovered”, he disclosed and added that, the rapid response squad also intercepted four bales of second clothing/shoes used to conceal the hard drugs.

“The Rapid Response Squad of Ogun Area Command based on credible intelligence intercepted four bales of second clothing/shoes suspected to have been use to conceal compressed packs of cannabis sativa (Indian Hemp) at Ihunbo-Oke-Odan creeks along Idiroko road”, Mr. Maidawa said.

Maiwada said the NDLEA Idiroko Special Command field tested the aforementioned items using the United Nations Test Kit and affirmed that the items were positive for Cannabis Sativa and weighed 77 kilograms.

Source – Ebiwalismoment