Importer, clearing agent arrested over importation of 399 rifles
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this on Monday during the formal handover of the seized firearms to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW).
Addressing news men during a breif handover ceremony of the seized 399 rifles held at the Tin-Can Port, Adeniyi said the container conveying the weapons arrived at the port on July 8 aboard the vessel MV Velika and was flagged for inspection by the Customs risk management system.
By Efe Onodjae The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested an importer and a female clearing agent over the alleged illegal importation of 399 Jojef pump-action rifles through the Tin Can Island Port, Lagos.
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