Again, Nigeria Customs intercepts illegal smugglers of 440 pump-action rifles
The Nigeria Customs Service has again intercepted a container carrying about 440 pump-action rifles.
The interception was made on Tuesday.
The importer had claimed that the consignment, which was coming in from Turkey, was Plaster of Paris (POP).
The zonal commander, Tin can Island command, Monday Abue, said, “they are pump action rifles of various designs and also the single barrel device that you are familiar with.
“Based on intelligence report, Controller Bashar identified and intercepted the container.
“We discovered that they used POP to conceal the importation.
“We have arrested one defendant but due to security reasons, we don’t want to make it public for now because such information could hamper investigations which are still ongoing.”
A similar interception was made earlier in the year when 661 pump action rifles were uncovered by the NCS Federal Operations Unit, Zone, A’ Ikeja along Mile 2-Apapa road.