Anti-smuggling: FOU Zone A Customs Operatives Hit Importers, Seize N2.8bn Goods
CUSTOMS FOU ZONE A SEIZURES
• 29 suspects on the net
In anti-smuggling operations, the Federal Operations Unit Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced seizures of goods which Duty Paid Value (DPV) was put at N2.8bn.
The goods were seized in the first quarter of 2024, according to the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Unit, Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu.
Ejibunu told newsmen at a press briefing in Lagos that no fewer than 29 suspects were also arrested in connection with the seizures.
Among the seizures were 12,278 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 40 units of used vehicles, 286 cartons of rubber slippers, 1,220 cartons of foreign tomato paste, 2,705 kegs of premium motor spirit, 3,510 pieces of used pneumatic tyres and 330 bales of used clothes.
Others include 2,230 kg of Indian Hemp, 1,569 cartons of foreign frozen poultry products, 365 cartons of unmarked drugs, 104 units of motorcycles, and 566 cartons of slippers.
The Controller said the goods were seized because the owners violated various sections of the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023 and the federal government’s import and export prohibition guidelines.
He also disclosed that the Customs recovered N305,310,010.44 revenue, through the issuance of Debit Notes (DNs).
According to him, the amount recovered as revenue through DNs represents 67% of the N455.2m revenue target set for the Unit for the year.
In anti-smuggling operations, the Federal Operations Unit Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced seizures of goods which Duty Paid Value (DPV) was put at N2.8bn.
The goods were seized in the first quarter of 2024, according to the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Unit, Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu.
Ejibunu told newsmen at a press briefing in Lagos that no fewer than 29 suspects were also arrested in connection with the seizures.
Among the seizures were 12,278 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 40 units of used vehicles, 286 cartons of rubber slippers, 1,220 cartons of foreign tomato paste, 2,705 kegs of premium motor spirit, 3,510 pieces of used pneumatic tyres and 330 bales of used clothes.
Others include 2,230 kg of Indian Hemp, 1,569 cartons of foreign frozen poultry products, 365 cartons of unmarked drugs, 104 units of motorcycles, and 566 cartons of slippers.
The Controller said the goods were seized because the owners violated various sections of the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023 and the federal government’s import and export prohibition guidelines.
He also disclosed that the Customs recovered N305,310,010.44 revenue, through the issuance of Debit Notes (DNs).
According to him, the amount recovered as revenue through DNs represents 67% of the N455.2m revenue target set for the Unit for the year.
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