Nigerian Customs Intercepts 1,100 Sophisticated Rifles in Containers

Nigerian Customs Uncover 1,100 Sophisticated Rifles in Containers

The operatives  of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) have once again uncovered hidden 1,100 pump-action rifles in a container at the Tin-Can Island Port in Lagos State.

The sophisticated weapons were concealed and smuggled into the country.

The Controller-General of Customs, Colonel Hameed Alli (retd), disclosed that the weapons were brought in from Turkey and concealed in a container purportedly conveying wash basins.

Following a thorough examination of the container, the weapons included 600 pieces of Georgia Magnum Black Pump-Action rifles among other rifles.

“If you add 600 plus 300, plus 200, that’s 1,100 pieces of pump-action rifles that were brought in under the guise of wash-hand basins and some other items,” he said.

A Customs officer and a clerk at the Tin-Can Island Command have been arrested as part of investigations.

The NCS had, in January 2017 intercepted 661 pieces of smuggled pump-action rifles in Lagos.

By PRNigeria