By Godwin Oritse, Godfrey Bivbere & Ifeyinwa Obi
LAGOS—COMBINED security operatives, yesterday, intercepted 13 containers laden with arms and ammunition including rocket launchers, catridges and hand grenades at the A P Moller Terminals in Apapa port.

Although, no arrest had been made at the time of going to press, the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Marvel Akpoyibo, said the command has launched a manhunt for the owners as the Police Anti-bomb squad was busy opening the crates containing the arms.

The Apapa Area Customs Controller, CAC, Alhaji Abdulkadir Azerema said contents of the containers were not declared before they were intercepted.

The first container that was opened by the various security agencies that carried out examinations discovered the 24 crates of rocket launchers and other weapon of mass destruction.

Vanguard gathered that SSS, acting on a tip off  intercepted the containers and cordoned off the entire examination bay of A.P. Moller where the containers were to be examined.

Lagos State Commissioner of Police ordered a re-enforcement of a full unit of Police Mobile Force to beef up the security of the area until the  containers are examined.

The containers with numbers 7869612, 7827707,7868370, 7869356,7870064, 7866819,7868318, 7868771, 7866676, 9478240,7868431, 1301980 and 7869464, were suspected to have been shipped from Iran.

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there could be real foreign interest trying to destroy this country using instability/terrorism as a mask on their face. I hope these enemies of nigeria are not trying to sponsor artificail confusion and use it as basis to come and restor peace and good governance by first destroying abuja, lagos, kaduna, etc. These times need careful handling. Let's think.