Customs FOU Zone “B” Intercepts 132 Seizures Worth N690 Million In 2-mths, Including 20 Tokunbo Cars

Nigeria Customs Service FOU Zone “B” intercepts 132 seizures worth N690 million in 2-mths, including 20 Tokunbo cars.

Other items seized includes 245 pieces of used tyres, 221 Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and 116 cartons of Foreign Female Shoes.

Customs Comptroller of the Unit enjoined the citizens to volunteer information to stem the menace of smuggling in Nigeria.

The Federal Operations Unit Zone “B” of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 132 seizures with a Duty Paid Value of N690 million from 25th August to 27th October 2022 at various locations within the Zone.

Disclosing the seized items to journalists, the Customs Comptroller of the Unit, Albashir Hamisu said that 749 Bags of 50Kg Foreign Parboiled rice, 758 Bales & sacks of Foreign Second-Hand clothing, 533 cartons of Foreign Spaghetti & Macaroni, 473 Cartons of Foreign Pharmaceuticals, 245 pieces of Used tyres, 221 Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), 116 cartons of Foreign Female Shoes were arrested and seized in line with the Customs and Excise Management Act.

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“Other items include 20 Units of Used imported Vehicles, 4 means of conveyance, 14 Cartons of foreign body cream, 8 sacks of foreign used shoes, 9 bales of Foreign Second Hand Bags, 12 cartons of Foreign cigarettes & Tobacco snuff, 59×5 litres Foreign Vegetable Oil, 10×25 litres Foreign Vegetable Oil and 70 parcels of Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana),” Hamisu stated.

In the same vein, the Comptroller handed over the arrested 70 parcels of Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana) to the representative of the Commander NDLEA Kaduna, Assistant Commander of Narcotics (ACN) Ado Ali Kubau in the spirit of inter-agency collaboration.

While appreciating the fourth realm of the estate for their determination in disseminating the efforts of the Service in anti-smuggling drive, he attributed the success of the Unit to the sharing of intelligence by other sister agencies and effective performance management.

He, however, enjoined the citizens to volunteer information to stem the menace of smuggling in Nigeria.

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