News / Nigerian Customs seizes $3.6m-worth of opioids found in Maersk container

Maersk Drugs Bust

Credit Dryad Global

By Nick Savvides

05/01/2022

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in the Seme region intercepted a consignment of adult nappies in a Maersk container to find up to 100 hidden cartons of the powerful painkiller tramadol, reported security firm Dryad Global.

Customs area controller Bello Jibo said that the drugs had a value of approximately N1.45bn ($3.6m), with the container having been passed to the Nigerian authorities by the republic of Benin in mid-November.

“On 20 December, Seme customs service invited other security agencies and stakeholders to witness ...

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