Four persons all male have been arrested and paraded by the Nigerian Navy for illegal importation of military uniforms, boots and ammunition into the country.

The items which were concealed in a car with other personal effects were discovered when security operatives were inspecting a forty feet container at the tin can island ports in Apapa.

One of the suspects who claimed to have served in the U.S. military said the items were his personal effects.

It was gathered that the arms were concealed in a jeep inside a container and comprised machine guns, pistols, military uniform and boots.

But the Area Controller of the Command, Mr. Austen Warikoru, told newsmen that, "We are yet to conclude the examination of the container, we cannot say anything now because we will not like to mislead the public, it is better we get our facts right."

The Customs had about a month ago, impounded 13 containers of rocket launchers, assorted ammunitions, cartridges and other weapons at Apapa Port in which 754 packages of glass wool and stones were declared on the ship's manifest as contents of the 13 containers.

The National Security Adviser, Gen. Andrew Azazi (retd.), had assured that those involved in the importation of the arms and ammunition would be arrested.

The NSA said, "At this point, the only thing we can say is that we have some armament we discovered at the port by the security agencies. We don't want to make any conclusions about where they are going or where they are coming from."