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Customs Intercept 1,100 Pump-Action Rifles

Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service have discovered 1,100 pump-action rifles in a container at the Tin-Can Island Port in Lagos. According to the Comptroller-General … Continue reading Customs Intercept 1,100 Pump-Action Rifles


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File photo of seized pump action rifle by the Nigeria Customs Service
This is the third time Customs will intercept arms at ports this year

Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service have discovered 1,100 pump-action rifles in a container at the Tin-Can Island Port in Lagos.

According to the Comptroller-General of Customs, Colonel Hameed Alli (rtd), the weapons were brought in from Turkey and concealed in a container purportedly conveying wash basins.

He said some of the weapons recovered included 600 pieces of Georgia Magnum Black Pump-Action rifles.

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