Officials of the Nigerian Customs intercepted six tonnes of cannabis Sativa that’s 6,000kg, the equivalent of 120 bags of 50kg rice.

The Western Marine Command of Customs, Lagos estimated the cannabis to have a street value of N1 billion.

It was intercepted along Lagos backwater and believed to be the second biggest seizure in the history of the command, according to Peters Olugboyega of the Western Naval command.