Maritime
Customs Nabs Five Over N1m Bribe …Impounds Illegally Imported Tramadol

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Port Harcourt 2 Area Command, Onne, Rivers State, has arrested five persons for attempting to bribe its officials with one milliom naira to release seized Tramadol drug at Onne Port.
The command said the officers rejected the bribe and the illegal consignment was impounded by its gallant officers.
Briefing newsmen yesterday at Onne Office, Customs Area Controller, Port Harcourt 2 Area Command, Comptroller Galadima Saidu, said full scale investigations into the bribery allegation and importation of the banned drug was ongoing .
Saidu said his gallant officers foiled the attempts to ferry the drug out of the port after the container that carried the seized drugs were broken into by his officers.
He added that the customs officers also rejected a bribe of N1million to release the drug consignment.
“On July 30, 2019 at about 2240hrs, the command arrested some men who broke and opened a 1x40ft seized container comprising of drugs constructively warehoused and loaded same into two vehicles, Mercedes Benz Jeep with registration number: EPE 828 AR (M/Benz) and Toyota Camry with registration number EKY159BD”, he said.
Saidu, however, declined to make public the names of the five suspects arrested in connection with the N1million alleged bribe and ferrying out of the Tramadol at the Onne Port.
. “It is regrettable to note that while the Nigeria Customs Service is working round the clock to free this country of illicit goods, some recalcitrant and unpatriotic citizens are not relenting in their desperate urge to sabotage our efforts by spreading harmful drugs.
‘The Nigeria Customs is poised to leaving no stone unturned at ensuring that these perpetrators know no sleep as long as they refuse to give up,” Comptroller Saidu assured.
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