The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted 101 bags of cannabis worth N64 million on high sea close to Ibeshe waters in Lagos state.

The NSCDC Lagos Commandant, Okoro Eweka, while addressing journalists on Friday, said the Nigeria bound illicit drugs were conveyed in a Cotonou boat by suspected Ghanaians.

Mr Eweka said that at about 2:00 a.m. on Friday, the command’s anti-vandal team, acting on credible intelligence, intercepted a Cotonou boat on high sea close to the waterway.

“On sighting the NSCDC gunboat, the occupants screamed and dived into the sea. Our team did not want to shoot but, however, drove the boat to the defence jetty in Ijora at 11:00 a.m. on the date,” he said. 

Explaining further, Mr Eweka added that, “It may interest you that the suspected Cannabis Sativa came into Nigeria from Ghana.”

According to the commandant, “This Ghana species intoxicates highly and this is the reason they referred to it as ‘loud’ in local parlance.”

Mr Eweka pleaded with Ghanian government to discourage its nationals from flooding Nigeria with hard drugs, vowing to work harder to prevent the lives of Nigerians from being ruined by residents of neighbouring countries.

“Meanwhile, I want to reiterate that the 9 Ghanaians arrested and paraded in February by the command had been diligently prosecuted by NDLEA and sentenced to jail on Oct. 14,” Mr Eweka said.

He added that the popular slogan of NSCDC that “the corps will do good things to good people and bad things to bad people”, remained.

(NAN)