{"id":176589,"date":"2025-08-28T22:20:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/customs-seizes-n48-5m-cannabis-n220m-contraband-in-kaduna"},"modified":"2025-08-28T23:41:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:41:49","slug":"customs-seizes-n48-5m-cannabis-n220m-contraband-in-kaduna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/customs-seizes-n48-5m-cannabis-n220m-contraband-in-kaduna","title":{"rendered":"Customs Seizes N48.5M Cannabis N220M Contraband in Kaduna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone \u2018B\u2019 of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Kaduna, said it intercepted 185 blocks of Cannabis Sativa valued at N48.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna by Chief Superintendent of Customs Saidu Nuruddeen, Public Relations Officer of the unit, on behalf of the Comptroller.<\/p>\n<p>Nuruddeen said the seizure, together with other contraband worth N220.4 million recovered in separate operations, was made on Aug. 21 at about 3:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cActing on intelligence, operatives stopped a vehicle along the Zaria flyover on the Kaduna\u2013Zaria Expressway, and intercepted the contraband.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He explained that a male suspect was arrested after nine sacks containing 185 compressed blocks of Cannabis Sativa, weighing 89.6kg, were discovered in the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe seized substance has an estimated Duty Paid Value, DPV, of N48,562,500.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth the suspect and the exhibits have been handed over to operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency for further investigation and prosecution in line with the spirit of inter-agency collaboration,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The spokesperson added that in a separate operation, officers of the unit also intercepted three vehicles conveying smuggled items.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the seizures include 456 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice, 8,100 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, 178 bales of second-hand clothes, 225 cartons of spaghetti, 107 used tyres and 37 pieces of electric shockers (tasers).<\/p>\n<p>He said the total duty paid value of the contraband stood at N220,457,336.48.<\/p>\n<p>The Comptroller of the unit, Mr Aliyu Alkali, commended the Comptroller-General of Customs, Mr Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, for his continuous support and guidance.<\/p>\n<p>Alkali reiterated the commitment of the unit to sustaining the fight against smuggling, illegal trade, and the inflow of uncustomed goods into the country.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that the seizures were part of ongoing efforts by the service to protect the nation\u2019s economy and safeguard national security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone \u2018B\u2019 of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Kaduna, said it intercepted 185 blocks of Cannabis Sativa valued at N48.5 million. This is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna by Chief Superintendent of Customs Saidu Nuruddeen, Public Relations Officer of the unit, on behalf [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":176588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1633,96,254],"class_list":["post-176589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-customs","tag-kaduna","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Customs Seizes N48.5M Cannabis N220M Contraband in Kaduna - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone \u2018B\u2019 of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Kaduna, said it intercepted 185 blocks o ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/customs-seizes-n48-5m-cannabis-n220m-contraband-in-kaduna\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Customs Seizes N48.5M Cannabis N220M Contraband in Kaduna\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone \u2018B\u2019 of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Kaduna, said it intercepted 185 blocks o ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/customs-seizes-n48-5m-cannabis-n220m-contraband-in-kaduna\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-28T21:20:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-28T22:41:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756408485.054225.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/customs-seizes-n48-5m-cannabis-n220m-contraband-in-kaduna#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/customs-seizes-n48-5m-cannabis-n220m-contraband-in-kaduna\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Customs Seizes N48.5M Cannabis N220M Contraband in Kaduna\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-28T21:20:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-28T22:41:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/customs-seizes-n48-5m-cannabis-n220m-contraband-in-kaduna\"},\"wordCount\":324,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/customs-seizes-n48-5m-cannabis-n220m-contraband-in-kaduna#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1756408485.054225.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"customs\",\"Kaduna\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/customs-seizes-n48-5m-cannabis-n220m-contraband-in-kaduna#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/customs-seizes-n48-5m-cannabis-n220m-contraband-in-kaduna\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/customs-seizes-n48-5m-cannabis-n220m-contraband-in-kaduna\",\"name\":\"Customs Seizes N48.5M Cannabis N220M Contraband in Kaduna - 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