The operatives of the Federal Operations Unit, (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS), in last two (2) weeks made seizure of forty-six (46) smuggled goods worth a duty paid value (DPV) of One billion, Two hundred and Eighty-five million, Six hundred thousand, Three hundred and Eighty-three naira (N1,285, 600,383.00).
The Controller of the unit, Comptroller Mohammed Shuaibu, who disclosed this today, Tuesday 3rd June, 2025 during his media briefing at the Customs warehouse in Ikeja-Lagos, stated that, the seizures include: 2051X50kg each foreign parboiled rice equivalent to three (4) trailer loads; Eleven (11) used vehicles, popularly known as tokumbo vehicles; 1665kg of Cannabis Sativa; 4000 litres of premium motor spirit. (PMS); One white and Black J5 commercial Bus loaded with expired goods and One Volvo Truck containing 180 sacks of new towel.
According to him, seven (7) suspects were arrested in connection with the various seizures, which have a duty paid value (DPV) of one billion, two hundred and eighty-five million, six hundred thousand, three hundred and eighty-three naira (N1,285, 600,383.00) only.
“These seizures come on the heels of successes recorded in our anti-smuggling activities just three (3) weeks after I resume the leadership of the unit on the 23rd of April 2025, which saw seizures of over 7 trailer loads of foreign parboiled rice, premium motor spirit, vehicles, drugs and narcotics among others with a duty paid value of over 1.5 billion naira”, Shuaibu said
He emphasized that the unit is committed to plugging revenue leakages as they recovered N48.04 million through demand notices issued for improperly declared consignments.
Compt. Shuaibu said the unit would continue to intensify its efforts to combat smuggling and revenue evasion.
Receiving the narcotic Seizures, the Deputy Commander of Narcotics, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Lagos State, Abdul Maiyaki, expressed satisfaction with the high-level inter-agency collaboration between NDLEA and Customs.
He assured that the NDLEA would intensify enforcement and collaborative efforts to curb the influx of drugs into the country.
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