Customs impounds 42 drums of explosives from Benin Republic
Seizes N3.1b contrabands • Records $70.8m export trade in Q1 at Onne Port The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday, intercepted 42 drums of calcium carbide smuggled into the country from the Benin Republic. x Security experts have warned that calcium carbide could be used as explosives to bring down a building, especially when some chemical components are added to it. The Acting Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the unit, Comptroller Usman Yahaya, while displaying the explosives and other contrabands in Lago...