Customs Seizes Contraband In Lagos

The Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized a large contraband on the lagoon in Agbara, a suburb of Lagos.

The Area Comptroller of the unit, Mr. Victor Dimka, told newsmen on Friday that the contraband, estimated at several millions of naira, was seized at about 5am on Thursday.

Dimka said that the several sacks in contraband contained shoes and textiles, adding that the sacks were enough to fill nine large trucks.

He said that the sacks were loaded into three locally made jumbo boats.

“Acting on a tip-off, our team led by Mohammed Gidado, accosted the boats, but the suspects escaped on sighting men of the Customs,” he said.

Gidado said that the real value of the goods had not been ascertained

Gidado promised that the fight against smuggling would be sustained, despite the resilience of smugglers.

It will be  recalled that the unit had earlier seized a big boat laden with 5,500 bags of rice.