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Chairman of the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) and the Comptroller Basic of the Nigeria Customs Service, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, have counseled the synergy between the 2 regulation enforcement companies, saying the collaboration is a robust warning to drug cartels that they are going to proceed to lose their investments within the felony commerce.
The duo spoke on the Tincan Seaport in Lagos on Thursday twenty fifth January 2024 when the Customs CG led his group handy over illicit medicine seized throughout joint examination by NDLEA, Customs and different safety companies of containers the anti-narcotic company had been monitoring based mostly on credible intelligence from worldwide companions.
In his remarks, Marwa who was represented on the ceremony by the Company’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, stated the “handing over of seized illicit medicine in custody of the Nigeria Customs Service is a growth that speaks volumes concerning the arduous work and diligence of safety companies tasked with securing the territory of our nation. The seizure is a testomony that, identical to the airports, the ocean ports are additionally secured.”
That we’re right here right this moment doing it is a testomony to the cooperation we obtained from the Nigeria Customs Service. This degree of cooperation between NDLEA and Customs, in addition to different safety companies and port stakeholders, is a robust sign to drug cartels that our ports and certainly Nigeria, won’t be a haven for his or her felony enterprise. The synergy between Customs and NDLEA would additional make sure the closing of different loopholes that felony components could have capitalised on previously years to smuggle illicit gadgets into our nation.
He expressed appreciation to the management, males and officers of the Customs for the collaboration between the Service and NDLEA, not solely at Tincan Port however throughout all areas of duties the place the 2 companies accomplice to advertise the curiosity of the nation.
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In keeping with him, I may also seize this chance to commend the officers and males of the Tin Can Command of NDLEA and different particular items, together with our Ok-9 unit, concerned within the processes main to those seizures, for his or her steadfastness since we obtained intelligence weeks in the past from our worldwide companions on the containers from which these medicine had been recovered as they departed the port of loading.
“The command and different items had diligently tracked the motion of the containers as much as the time of their touchdown in our port. Within the spirit of inter-agency collaboration, NDLEA by no means hesitated to share intelligence with the Tin Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service and in addition requested that the command make sure the containers had been pinned down for 100% examination.
Marwa assured that NDLEA, Nigeria Customs and different safety organisations stay dedicated to making sure that the countrys territorial integrity is protected.
In his remarks, the CG Customs stated the collaborative efforts with the NDLEA have confirmed efficient in pooling sources and intelligence to safeguard the nation’s borders. In his phrases, In recognition of the threats and the collaborative nature of felony actions, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has steadfastly prioritised strategic partnerships with stakeholders over the previous seven months. This deliberate focus goals to harness the specialised experience of our companions in a fashion that enhances {our capability} to fulfil our core mandates. Simply as criminals discover power in collaboration, authorities companies should equally recognize some great benefits of working collectively to fulfil their statutory duties. It’s inside this context that the continued collaborative efforts between the NCS and the Nationwide Drug and Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) have persistently yielded constructive outcomes. This collaborative synergy exemplifies the effectiveness of pooling sources and intelligence, reinforcing the dedication of each companies to safeguarding the nation’s borders and defending its residents from the threats posed by unlawful substances
The gadgets handed over embrace: 65 packets of Colorado, a pressure of hashish weighing 32.5kg seized from 1X40FT Container No. UACU 534833/6 imported from Canada; 17 parcels of cocaine weighing 16.690kg; 151 parcels of Colorado weighing 107kg; some precursor chemical compounds amongst others seized from 1x40ft Container No. MSCU 458177/0 imported from Durban South Africa; 40 packets of cocaine weighing 39.7kg; 1026 packets of Colorado weighing 688.2kg seized from 40ft container No. THRU 796807/1 imported from Durban South Africa and 226 packets of Colorado weighing 128kg seized from 40ft container No. MEDU 785276/3 imported from Durban South Africa.
