Customs, DSS, NDLEA Intercept ‘ISIS Drug’ Captagon At Lagos Port (Pix)

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Division of State Providers (DSS) and the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company (NDLEA) have intercepted Captagon drugs on the Apapa port in Lagos.

Comptroller Malanta Yusuf, Apapa Command Space Controller introduced the invention on Wednesday in a press release.

Captagon, popularly referred to as Fenethylline, is a codrug of amphetamine and theophylline and widespread with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

Nicknamed ‘the jihad drug’, it keeps users awake for lengthy, dulls ache and creates a way of euphoria.

The drugs discovered by the federal government companies in Nigeria’s industrial hub have been hid inside an imported machine.

Yusuf disclosed that one suspect in reference to the seizure was arrested. Additional dismantling of cylinders within the machine is ongoing.

The officer stated extra particulars might be made public on the finish of the examination and counting course of.

He confirmed Captagon has been recognized as one of many notorious stimulants utilized by ISIS insurgents and different fighters concerned within the Center East unrest.

Lengthy-term use causes excessive despair, lethargy, insomnia, occasional palpitation of the center, blood vessel toxicity and malnutrition.

The NCS vowed that safety models will maintain the combat towards all types of smuggling and infractions.