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The Nigeria Customs Service, Kano Area Command, has seized 261,750 capsules of Polyglycine (300mg) and 228,700 tablets of Tramadol hydrochloride (225mg) on the Kano-Daura axis.
Its Comptroller, Dalhatu Abubakar, handed implicit the seized items and fishy to the Deputy Commander NDLEA successful Kano, Mohammed Maiaduwa, connected Thursday successful Kano.
He said the substances were concealed successful 5 jumbo agro sacks.
According to him, the fishy allegedly offered N455,500 arsenic a bribe to the officers.
Abubakar warned astir the wider societal implications of cause abuse, linking it to violence, crimes, immorality, economical loss, and insecurity successful the region.
The comptroller said the seizure was made successful enactment with sections 55C and 234 of the Nigerian Customs Service Act 2023, which mandates the extortion of nationalist wellness and prohibits the possession of smuggled goods.
The Commander of Narcotics astatine the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Maiaduwa, said the bureau would proceed with investigations and prosecute those recovered wanting.
He reaffirmed the agency’s committedness to synergy with different information agencies to execute its objectives.
The station Customs hands implicit seized illicit drugs to NDLEA successful Kano appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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