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Customs intercepts Analgin worth N100m in Kano

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The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted a contraband, Analgin, a drug that has been banned in the country 15 years ago, in Kano State. 

The contraband intercepted was worth N1000, according the Service.

Ahmad Nasir, the Comptroller of the Command, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the arrest of suspected smugglers of drugs and other banned products in Kano.

According to Nasir, the command will never allow such dastardly activity which posed a great risk to citizens’ health and was capable of denting Nigeria’s image, to go unabated.

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“And also, if such illegal importation of banned and illicit drugs continues in the country, the fight against any form of security challenge cannot be achieved.

“Therefore, it is also our responsibility to contribute to the fight against drug abuse in Nigeria, and such requires everyone’s support,’’ he said.

Nasir advised travelers to watch their bags and belongings so as not to fall victims of set up by some criminal elements.

In the same vein, the comptroller also said the command had in less than two months seized illegally imported rice and vehicles worth more than N266 million.

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“We intercepted 54 units of vehicles, 2,814 bags of foreign rice, 1,717 jerry cans of vegetable oil, 59 bales of second hand clothing, 99 cartons of foreign spaghetti, 21 bags of foreign sugar and 40 cartons of foreign soap,’’ Nasir said.

Receiving the confiscated drugs, Shaba Mohammed, Director, National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Kano, said that the drugs were labelled with U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and United Nations (UN) tags.

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