Customs Unit Announces Seizure of N1.7bn Goods
By Francis Ugwoke
The Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday announced seizures of goods worth N1.7 billion.
The items were seized following intensified surveillance of the borders within the south-western states, the Controller of the Unit, Comptroller Kola Oladeji, told newsmen.
The seizures which were made in the past one month include
“foreign parboiled rice = 3, 832 X 50KG bags each equivalent to 7 trailer loads.
27 Units of used vehicles also known as tokunbo vehicles.
*Premium Motor Spirit(PMS)= 494 Jerry cans equivalent to 14,820 litres.
*Used clothing= 27 bales.
*Charcoal = 95 bags.
*3,643kg of cannabis sativa.
*6 suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures.
He put the cumulative duty paid value (DPV) of the items at N1, 720, 214,649.00, adding that the success recorded so far . took the painstaking efforts of the officers who spent hours on patrol and surveillance of our borders to achieve the feat.
He said that the seized 3,643kg of cannabis sativa will be handed over to the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency for further investigation and subsequent prosecution.
On revenue, the unit recovered a total sum of N72, 442,526.73 through issuance of Demand Notices (DN) as a result of irregular declaration of consignments.
Oladeji promised that the unit will continue to enforce the provisions of the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023 as it relates to import and export goods to prevent revenue losses.
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The Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday announced seizures of goods worth N1.7 billion.
The items were seized following intensified surveillance of the borders within the south-western states, the Controller of the Unit, Comptroller Kola Oladeji, told newsmen.
The seizures which were made in the past one month include
“foreign parboiled rice = 3, 832 X 50KG bags each equivalent to 7 trailer loads.
27 Units of used vehicles also known as tokunbo vehicles.
*Premium Motor Spirit(PMS)= 494 Jerry cans equivalent to 14,820 litres.
*Used clothing= 27 bales.
*Charcoal = 95 bags.
*3,643kg of cannabis sativa.
*6 suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures.
He put the cumulative duty paid value (DPV) of the items at N1, 720, 214,649.00, adding that the success recorded so far . took the painstaking efforts of the officers who spent hours on patrol and surveillance of our borders to achieve the feat.
He said that the seized 3,643kg of cannabis sativa will be handed over to the National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency for further investigation and subsequent prosecution.
On revenue, the unit recovered a total sum of N72, 442,526.73 through issuance of Demand Notices (DN) as a result of irregular declaration of consignments.
Oladeji promised that the unit will continue to enforce the provisions of the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023 as it relates to import and export goods to prevent revenue losses.
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