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Customs intercepts contraband worth N10bn in one day

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Peter Olaniyi    |    

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) over the weekend announced a single seizure of contrabands with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N10billion.

In a press statement by the Public Relations Officer of the unit, Peter Duniya, the acting Customs Area Controller, Usman Yahaya said the seizure were made at Ido-Eruwa road in one day.

According to the CAC, the contraband comprised of 34 fairly used and new vehicles which were laden with second hand clothes, indian hemp and foreign parboiled rice.

However, Yahaya further stated that though there was stiff resistance from the smugglers who engaged the support of hoodlums but the Customs operatives displayed high level of professionalism and restraint to secure the contraband to the Customs warehouse in Lagos.

“Our operatives were met with stiff resistance from a combination of smugglers, hoodlums and villagers. 

 
“However, with the application of high level of professionalism, the patrol teams were able to bring all the vehicles down to Lagos without any casualty.”

He however warned smugglers to desist from engaging in economic activities that sabotaged the government policies of making Nigeria self sufficient in food production.

“While we appreciate the support and the cooperation of patriotic members of the public in carrying out our mandate by providing timely and useful information, however, recalcitrant economic saboteurs should note that, they would continue to count their losses because we are better mobilized, organized and backed by the extant laws to be always ahead of them,” he concluded.
 
 

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