The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, on Monday intercepted another batch of 1,100 pump action rifles in Tin-Can Island, Apapa, Lagos.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the weapons, loaded in a 20-feet container were intercepted by the Tin-Can Island Command of the Sevice.
The weapons, which originated from Turkey, were concealed inside the container whose Bill of Laden indicated that it was conveying hand wash basins.
The Controller General of Customs, Col. Ahmed Alli, who disclosed the discovery, said that already a Customs officer suspected to have cut the seal of the container without following due process, as well as a clerk at the command have been arrested.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that this is the third time Customs is intercepting large cache of weapons in Lagos.
Earlier this year, the commission discovered over 650 Pump Action Rifles concealed in iron doors and other goods shipped into the country from China.
Till date, no one has publicly claimed ownership of the shipment.
Also in March, the NCS seized 404 rifles falsely concealed as a Plaster of Paris.
Details later…