The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, has seized ₦8.9 million worth of foreign coins and six canisters suspected to be explosives in Lagos.
Area Controller, Dr Ben Oramalugo, said the coins were found in abandoned bags after a smuggler fled on a motorcycle at Owode. Items recovered included various foreign currencies like pounds, Canadian cents, and dollars—all prohibited under Nigerian law.
He also confirmed the arrest of one suspect after officers intercepted a vehicle along Badagry-Lagos road carrying six canisters of mercury, believed to be improvised explosive devices (IEDs), hidden beneath cartons of the Holy Qur’an.
Other recent seizures included cannabis, foreign rice, petrol, second-hand clothes, unregistered drugs, and vehicles. The total duty-paid value of all intercepted goods in the period stood at ₦669.8 million.
In April alone, the command also recorded ₦847 million in revenue and facilitated non-oil exports worth ₦16.9 billion.
