The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area Command, has arrested two suspects caught with 10 cartons of stolen tramadol conveyed in an ambulance at Apapa ports.
Comptroller Muhammed Abba-Kura, the Customs Area Controller (CAC), Apapa Custom Command, made this disclosure on Wednesday in Lagos during a news briefing on the arrest.
According to Abba-Kura, the command was able to intercept the ambulance during a routine surveillance by the officer of the command on July 12 at about 11p.m.
He said that 10 cartoons of 225mg tramadol worth N2.81million were concealed in an ambulance.
“Some of our officers intercepted an ambulance (Hyundai) with registration number LND 605 XW suspected to be laden with offensive articles.