Nigeria: Customs Intercepts 102,000 Pieces of Life Ammunition

25 June 2002

Lagos — The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 102,000 pieces of life ammunition at the Seme border, Lagos. The consignment was concealed in a truck into the country.

Customs Comptroller-General, Alhaji Aliyu Mustapha at a press conference in Lagos yesterday described the seizure as "mother of all seizures" in the history of the customs service.

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