Unregistered sex drugs, expired foodstuffs, and other contraband goods in 11 containers, worth over ₦921 billion have been seized by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), at the Apapa Port in Lagos.
The Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, who disclosed this on Wednesday, said the goods were those seized between January till date.
The Customs boss stated that the 11 containers included five 40-foot containers, two 20-foot containers, and four additional seizures of loosely concealed contraband items.
He added that five of the containers were carrying dangerous sex-enhancement drugs with potential to cause deaths if allowed to get into the domestic markets.
According to him, the first 40ft container had 89 cartons of unregistered pharmaceutical products, while the second 40ft container carried 242 cartons of unregistered pharmaceutical products.
He revealed that the drones loaded in one of the containers had a duty paid value of ₦15.9 billion and lacked the End User Certificate from the Office of the National Security Adviser.
“The third 40ft container had 1,001 cartons and packages of hydra-sildenafil citrate tablets. These are also lacking requisite NAFDAC registrations.
“The other 40ft container had 1,400 packages of chest and lungs beta plus big booty tablets, also unregistered. The fifth 40ft container had 805 packages of unregistered products.
“This one was falsely declared as a cosmetic powder. Then we also have a 20-foot container, which has expired margarine products. We have another 20ft container which has expired margarine products, 60 units of warrior drones,” he said.
Adeniyi added: “We also intercepted another 53 units of different helicopter drones. These drones were intercepted for lack of an End User Certificate, and it has a duty-paid value of ₦2.1 million.
“We have 10 pieces of professional FM transceiver walkie-talkies. These are communication devices evacuated for lack of End-User Certificates,” he said.
The Customs boss particularly warned that an unchecked importation of unregulated sexual performance drugs could be responsible for health issues, such as cardiovascular complications and harmful drug interactions.
