{
  "id": 15518466,
  "title": "Ikeja Customs hands over N511m illicit drugs to NAFDAC, NDLEA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/ikeja-customs-hands-over-n511m-illicit-drugs-to-nafdac-ndlea",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T00:00:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/ikeja-customs-hands-over-n511m-illicit-drugs-to-nafdac-ndlea/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’, has handed over seized pharmaceutical products and illicit drugs with a total duty-paid value of N511.4m to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control for further investigation and appropriate legal action. The seized items included 121 parcels of cannabis sativa, crystal methamphetamine, cocaine, synthetic cannabis, hybrid cannabis, polythene bags, and codeine syrup. Two vehicles and two male suspects were also handed over. The Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Oluwaseun Oguntuase, emphasized that the seizures were the result of sustained intelligence-driven operations along border corridors, highways, and other strategic locations within the unit’s area of responsibility.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Ikeja Customs hands over N511m illicit drugs to NAFDAC, NDLEA",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/ikeja-customs-hands-over-n511m-illicit-drugs-to-nafdac-ndlea",
        "published": "2026-10-18T23:44:33.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}