Customs Discover 1,100 Pump-Action Rifles in Lagos Port

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

The weapons are believed to have been smuggled into the country by a gun-running syndicate.

Controller-General of Customs, Colonel Hameed Alli (retd), told journalists at a briefing in Lagos on Monday that the weapons were brought in from Turkey and concealed in a container purportedly conveying wash basins.

Alli also said a Customs officer and a clerk at the Tin-Can Island Command have been arrested as part of investigations.

The discovery comes more than seven months after Customs operatives intercepted 661 pieces of pump-action rifles in Lagos.

UCJ, UNILORIN.