The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Sunday, said it seized contrabands with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N10 billion in one day.
The Customs Area Controller (CAC), Usman Yahaya, who made the disclosure in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Unit, Peter Duniya, in Lagos, said that the seizure was made at Ido, Eruwa Road in Ibadan.
According to him, the contraband comprised of 34 fairly used and new vehicles, laden with second-hand clothes, Indian hemp and foreign parboiled rice.
“The contrabands include 34 different brands of both new and used vehicles laden with banned items such as second-hand clothes, foreign parboiled rice and Indian hemp.
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“Though there were 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 without casualties,” the statement said.
Yahaya warned smugglers to desist from engaging in economic activities that sabotage the government policies of making Nigeria self sufficient in food production, even as he commended members of the public who have supported the NCS in carrying out its responsibilities.
“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 will continue to count their losses because we are better mobilised, organised and backed by the extant laws to be always ahead of them,” he maintained.
