The Tincan Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service said it rejected the 50 million naira bribe offered by a smuggler involved in the importation of tramadol and other drugs for his container release.
The Customs Area Comptroller of Tincan, Adekunle Oloyede, said this on Monday while addressing journalists at the command.
He said that the suspect, Boniface Ike, accepted ownership of two 40-foot containers arrested carrying drugs with the duty paid value of 550 million naira.
He added that the money brought by the suspect would be tendered as an exhibit.
Oloyede said on the arrival of the vessel at Tincan Island Container Terminal, the containers were transferred immediately to the enforcement station for 100 percent physical examination and further investigation.
He said one of the containers with the number was said to contain, 1,016 packages of electrical goods but the examination showed something different, while the second container with the number was said to contain 1,021 packages of electrical materials.
Oloyede said the unregistered pharmaceutical products intercepted are regulated products by the National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control.
He reiterated that the drugs didn’t have the required permits and certificates for importation, while the suspects, containers and the exhibit will be handed over to the agencies that are in charge of regulation of such importation.
