Customs Boss Warns Against Ingenious Concealment, Showcase 13 Seized Smuggled Vehicles

Customs boss Ejibubu warns against ingenious concealment, shows off 13 seized smuggled vehicles.

Ejibubu disclosed that 11 suspects were arrested during the anti-smuggling operations without hassles.

Showcases other seized items, including 3 X 40 ft containers containing 3,838 pieces of used tyres.

On revenue generation, the Ag. Comptroller disclosed that the Command generated the sum of N71,254,984.71. 

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has warned against the use of ingenious concealment methods to transport smuggled goods into the country.

The Acting Comptroller of the Unit, Hussein Ejibubu, while addressing newsmen on Tuesday, December 5, explained that “smuggling is illegal and a crime that has negative social, economic, and security implications.”

While showcasing seizures in November, he disclosed that “the strategic deployment of officers with intelligence-driven in anti-smuggling operations led to the arrest of a Toyota Highlander with an ingenious concealment of suspected bags of foreign parboiled rice at Iju-Ojuore, Ogun State.”

He stressed that the concealment of foreign bags of rice stacked inside the engines of vehicles not only contravenes the law but is also harmful to human consumption.

Other seized items within the period under review include 5,459 bags of 50kg foreign rice (equivalent to 9 trailer loads), 18,100 liters of premium motor spirit, 3 X 40 ft containers containing 3,838 pieces of used tyres and 13 used vehicles (Tokunbo).

The Acting Comptroller further disclosed that 11 suspects were arrested during the anti-smuggling operations without hassles.

On revenue generation, the Acting Comptroller disclosed that “the Command generated the sum of N71,254,984.71 through conscious and thorough documentary checks, followed by the issuance of demand notices on consignments that were found to have paid lesser amounts than the appropriate Customs duty.”

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