Customs seizes six rifles concealed in garri sacks

Customs seizes six rifles concealed in garri sacks

By Fly Cable News

The Joint Border Patrol Team Sector 2 said yesterday that its officers, while on routine patrol on the Okerete-Ododo bush path of the Oyo State and Benin Republic border axis, had intercepted six pump-action rifles.

The rifles’ numbers, according to the patrol team are as follows: 602-H22YT641, 602-H22YT-397, 602-H22YT-623, 22-MT-0238, P537916 and T051084.

Also intercepted were 1,125 pieces of live cartridges concealed in sacks containing garri (cassava flakes) and loaded in a Toyota Camry Saloon car.

Addressing reporters in Lagos, the Coordinator of the team, Mohammed Salisu Shuaibu, explained that since August 2019, the team had seized goods worth N36.7bn and intercepted 1,507 illegal immigrants.

His words: “The former code-named “Operation Swift Response” was inaugurated on 20th August 2019 to address security challenges along the nation’s international borders caused by the proliferation of smuggled small and light weapons, illicit drugs, prohibited goods and other cross-border crimes.