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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Apapa Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 12 containers laden with Tramadol, expired drugs and 27, 540 pieces of cutlasses and machetes with a duty-paid value of N1.8 billion.<\/p>\n

Comptroller-General of Customs Bashir Adeniyi made this known while unveiling the contraband in Lagos on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that the expired pharmaceutical products were imported without undergoing the necessary regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n

He further said that some of the drugs did not obtain National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, numbers.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also have containers that were seized due to false declarations, ostensibly to evade duty payments, which amount to smuggling.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn total, 12 containers have been seized with a duty-paid value worth N1.8 billion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese importations are in flagrant violation of Section 233 of the Nigeria Customs Service Act (NCSA) 2023,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Adeniyi said that another 20-foot container with expired pharmaceutical products was found to contain cartons of Royal Tramadol 225mg concealed with expired cartons of analgesics, antiseptics, and anti-inflammatory tablets without a NAFDAC number.<\/p>\n

According to the customs boss, the 20-foot container was also found to contain rolls of Tramadol 225mg concealed with expired cartons of Zokomol and Diclofenac, pharmaceutical products without a NAFDAC registration number.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Apapa Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 12 containers laden with Tramadol, expired drugs and 27, 540 pieces of cutlasses and machetes with a duty-paid value of N1.8 billion. Comptroller-General of Customs Bashir Adeniyi made this known while unveiling the contraband in Lagos on Thursday. 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