The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Tin Can Island Command on Saturday confirmed the interception of a container suspected to be laden with arms and ammunition.

The Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr Uche Ejesieme, confirmed the interception in a statement.

According to Ejesieme, the container was intercepted on Friday in one of the port’s terminals during a routine examination.

“Following this development, the command intimated the terminal operators and requested that the suspected container be transferred to our enforcement unit for 100 per cent examination.