Customs Confiscates Contraband With N360million Duty Paid Value

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Federal Operation Unit Zone `A`, last week said it seized vehicles and other contraband with Duty Paid Value, DPV, estimated at N360.19 million.

The Area Controller of the unit, Comptroller Mohammed Umar, announced this in a statement issued by the Zonal Public Relation Officer, Mr Uche Ejieseme, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos.

According to the statement, the unit made 268 different seizures and arrested 34 suspects.

The seizures include 3,374 bags of rice; 11,854 cartons of poultry products; 23 vehicles and 2,003 kegs of vegetable oil.

Others are textile materials, foot wares, bags, used tyres, fridges, furniture, soap and detergents.

The statement added that a truck load of 1,198 fairly used tyres was intercepted by the controllers Monitoring Team `B` Idiroko Axis led by Assistant Controller Jatau Micah.

The statement quoted the controller as saying “the command had raised the standard of its anti-smuggling campaign. This is evident from the quantity of seizures made in recent times.”

 

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