Another container of 475 arms uncovered in Tin Can port
Tin Can Island Command of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) yesterday
uncovered another container suspected to contain yet another cache of
arms imported from Turkey. This is coming about a week after the command
intercepted a 20-foot container laden with 1,100 pump action
The container with number, CMAU189817/8 is believed to contain about 475
sets of pump-action riffles. The latest container, which was discovered
during the profiling of the importer of the 1,100 pump action rifles,
also found out that it belongs to the same importer.This recent interception in Tin Can Port, is the fourth this year. On
March 10, 2017, customs intercepted 661 pump action riffles and on May
23 another 440 pump action rifles were intercepted. On September 11, yet
a set of pump action rifles were intercepted. The container with 661
rifles was intercepted along Apapa-Oshodi Expressway after it was duly
cleared from the Tin Can Port but the other three were intercepted
before they were cleared. All the items were said to have come from
Turkey
The container with number, CMAU189817/8 is believed to contain about 475
sets of pump-action riffles. The latest container, which was discovered
during the profiling of the importer of the 1,100 pump action rifles,
also found out that it belongs to the same importer.This recent interception in Tin Can Port, is the fourth this year. On
March 10, 2017, customs intercepted 661 pump action riffles and on May
23 another 440 pump action rifles were intercepted. On September 11, yet
a set of pump action rifles were intercepted. The container with 661
rifles was intercepted along Apapa-Oshodi Expressway after it was duly
cleared from the Tin Can Port but the other three were intercepted
before they were cleared. All the items were said to have come from
Turkey
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