Customs seize cartons of codeine syrup on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

The acting Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi, said the service intercepted 4, 252 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 299 cartons of codeine syrup and 5,600 litres of Premium Motor Spirit among others at different locations in Lagos and Ogun States. 

 Addressing journalists at the Federal Operations Unit Zone A, Ikeja on Wednesday, Adeniyi said that the seizures were made within two weeks of August.

He said the hard drugs were intercepted at Ijebu Ode junction. 

 “Last week, officers of the Federal Operating Unit Zone A, acting on credible intelligence, stopped a DAF truck close to Ijebu-Ode Junction. 

An examination of the truck revealed the concealment of 299 cartons of codeine syrup along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway,” he said