The Nigerian custom service has intercepted armunitions at the Onne port in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The arms were discovered inside a vehicle shipped into the country from the United States of America.
The Area Controller, Baba Imam while taking Journalists round the container said a handgun and ammunition were deceptively declared as household items concealed inside the vehicle where they were later discovered by proactive operatives after a thorough search.
“We have on display today a total number of nine seized containers for violations and contraventions of extant import laws. These containers are currently in our government warehouse.”
He further said, “These seizures include used clothing, used tires, used vehicles used in concealment of 76.9kg of special cannabis which is marijuana, tomato paste, cough syrup with codeine and many other items
The arms and armunitions has been subsequently handed over to the Nigeria Police Force