The Nigeria Customs Service, Area 2 Command, Onne in Rivers State, has seized containers of illegally imported drugs, including counterfeit tablets worth over N46.399 billion.

The command also reported it has generated over N500 billion in revenue so far in 2024.

The Customs Area Controller, Area 2 Command, Onne, Comptroller Mohammed Ndede, disclosed this at a media briefing in Onne on Monday, where he displayed the seized drugs and tablets to journalists.

Ndede noted that it was exactly two months and seven days since the Controller General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, visited Onne Port to showcase a series of significant seizures, including arms and ammunition confiscated by officers of the Command.

The Nigeria Customs Service, Area 2 Command, Onne in Rivers State, has seized containers of illegally imported drugs, including counterfeit tablets worth over N46.399 billion.

The command also reported it has generated over N500 billion in revenue so far in 2024.

The Customs Area Controller, Area 2 Command, Onne, Comptroller Mohammed Ndede, disclosed this at a media briefing in Onne on Monday, where he displayed the seized drugs and tablets to journalists.

Ndede noted that it was exactly two months and seven days since the Controller General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, visited Onne Port to showcase a series of significant seizures, including arms and ammunition confiscated by officers of the Command.

“The Command, working with sister agencies such as the NDLEA, DSS, Quarantine, and NAFDAC, among others, in implementing the state of emergency, has made yet another significant seizure of twenty 40-foot and one 20-foot container filled with illicit drugs that pose a serious threat to public health and safety.

“Additionally, we have a 20-foot container laden with donkey skins.”

The Customs Area 2 Command, Onne Controller, provided the breakdown as follows: 2,624,053 bottles of 100ml Cough Syrup Codeine, 7,530,000 tablets of 50mg Really Extra Diclofenac.

Ndede further listed 3,500,000 tablets of 5mg Trodol Benzhexol, 27,048,900 tablets of 225mg Royal Tapentadol/Tamil, and 7,665,000 tablets of 200mg counterfeit Gonorrhoea Antibiotics without a NAFDAC number, among others.

Continuing, Comptroller Ndede disclosed, “The Duty Paid Value of the 21 containers totals N46,399,199,810, while the Duty Paid Value for the donkey skins is N441,000,000.”