The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Wednesday said that its officers intercepted 11 containers laden with contraband goods, including unregistered sex enhancement drugs, expired foodstuffs, and drones, valued at N921 billion at the Apapa Ports, Lagos.
Nigerian fashion The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, told journalists that the containers comprised five 40-foot containers, two 20-foot containers, and four additional seizures of loosely concealed items.
“The total duty paid value is N921 billion,” he stated. According to the NCS boss, five of the containers were loaded with sex-enhancement drugs, which he described as posing a significant threat to public health.
“These items constitute a clear danger to public health with the potential to cause significant mortality if permitted to infiltrate the domestic markets,” Adeniyi said.
Adeniyi revealed the details of the containers’ contents. The first 40-foot container held 89 cartons of unregistered pharmaceutical products, while the second contained 242 cartons.
He said, “The third 40ft container had 1,001 cartons and packages of hydra-sildenafil citrate tablets. These are also lacking requisite NAFDAC registrations.”
“The other 40ft container had 1,400 packages of chest and lungs beta plus big booty tablets, also unregistered,” he said.
“The fifth 40ft container had 805 packages of unregistered products. This one was falsely declared as a cosmetic powder.”
He further said, “We also have a 20-foot container which has expired margarine products. We have another 20ft container which has expired margarine products, 60 units of warrior drones.”
Adeniyi highlighted the seizure of advanced drone technology, including military-grade units, without proper regulatory documentation.
“We also intercepted another 53 units of different helicopter drones. These drones were intercepted for lack of an End User Cer- tificate and it has a duty-paid value of N2.1 million.
“We have 10 pieces of professional FM transceiver walkie-talkies. These are communication devices evacuated for lack of End User Certificates,” he said.
The Customs boss warned of the health dangers posed by unregulated sexual enhancement drugs.
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