Customs intercepts N19.6m sex enhancement drugs, food items in Sokoto

The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) joint border patrol team has seized a consignment of sex enhancement drugs worth N19.6 million in Sokoto State.

The Coordinating Comptroller, Kolapo Oladeji, made this known while briefing newsmen in Sokoto on Thursday, February 15, 2024.

Oladeji said trucks of food items were also intercepted at Kajji community on the Sokoto-Kebbi Road.

He disclosed that the intercepted trucks were heading to Niger Republic through the Kebbi border when it was intercepted by the Customs officers.

He said: “We will leave no stone unturned to block food smuggling out of the country because of the current situation in the country.

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“We all know that prices of food items have skyrocketed because of the activities of some Nigerians.

“Our people are hungry but they prefer to take the food to other countries despite the border closure imposed by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

“We will continue to trail them and block their routes. And whoever is caught in this nefarious act will face the full wrath of the law.”

The Customs official added that apart from the sex enhancement drugs, some consignments of counterfeit drugs whose duty-paid values were not yet ascertained were also seized during the routine operation.

“These drugs are very dangerous to the health of our people, some of them even carried fake National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) registration and expiring dates,” Oladeji said.

He added that the Customs operatives also apprehended 60 jerry cans of petroleum products smuggled outside the country.

The team leader solicited people’s cooperation and support with intelligent information that would assist Customs officials to stop activities that crippled the nation’s economy and public health.

The Star