Customs Alerts Nigerians of Killer Rice, Seizes 1000 Bags
HAMMED ALI CUSTOMS CG
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday alerted Nigerians of killer rice in town.
The 1000 bags of foreign rice which have been seized by the Federal Operations Unit of the Customs, Ikeja, came from India.
The Controller of the FOU, Zone A, Hussein Kehinde Ejibunu, told newsmen that the grain products were poisonous as they contain lead substances discovered after laboratory tests carried out by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC).
The poisonous bags of rice were among the 7,259 bags of rice the Unit seized, he said.
He told newsmen, ‘Sequel to a laboratory test analysis on some of the previously seized foreign parboiled rice by the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), one of the test parameters indicated some contents of lead (a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element) in the tested rice, making it unfit for human consumption’.
Among the seized rice 55, 800 litres of premium motor spirit, 73 bales of used clothes, 82 units of used fridges as well as 104 pieces of compressors.
Others include 1,264 pieces of used tyres, 156 cartons of frozen poultry , 240 pieces of ladies purse,93 cartons of Tin tomato, 2 units of foreign used vehicles and 11 pieces of used rugs with cumulative duty paid value of N533,169,520.
According to the Controller, 12 suspects have been arrested in connection with the seizures.
It was not clear if the importer of the poisonous rice was among those arrested.
Ejibunu also disclosed that his Unit realized the sum N111,825,873,75 revenue through demand notices.
The 1000 bags of foreign rice which have been seized by the Federal Operations Unit of the Customs, Ikeja, came from India.
The Controller of the FOU, Zone A, Hussein Kehinde Ejibunu, told newsmen that the grain products were poisonous as they contain lead substances discovered after laboratory tests carried out by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC).
The poisonous bags of rice were among the 7,259 bags of rice the Unit seized, he said.
He told newsmen, ‘Sequel to a laboratory test analysis on some of the previously seized foreign parboiled rice by the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), one of the test parameters indicated some contents of lead (a soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element) in the tested rice, making it unfit for human consumption’.
Among the seized rice 55, 800 litres of premium motor spirit, 73 bales of used clothes, 82 units of used fridges as well as 104 pieces of compressors.
Others include 1,264 pieces of used tyres, 156 cartons of frozen poultry , 240 pieces of ladies purse,93 cartons of Tin tomato, 2 units of foreign used vehicles and 11 pieces of used rugs with cumulative duty paid value of N533,169,520.
According to the Controller, 12 suspects have been arrested in connection with the seizures.
It was not clear if the importer of the poisonous rice was among those arrested.
Ejibunu also disclosed that his Unit realized the sum N111,825,873,75 revenue through demand notices.
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