Customs Impounds N4.4m Contraband Goods

The Western Marine
Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized goods worth N4.4 million in duty paid value smuggled through Yekeme, Idiroko and Badagry in Lagos.
The Comptroller of the command, Mr. Audu Zakka, told newsmen in Lagos last Saturday that the seizure resulted from its renewed fight against smuggling.
He said the command had evolved new strategies with intensified intelligence network to meet the challenges of combating smuggling activities which had paid off with the recent seizures.
“The smugglers continue to devise different ways of bringing in these products into the country, so we have also decided to work with more intelligence network and it has paid off.”
He said the items included 288 bags of Thailand rice, 170 cartoons of frozen chicken and 25 units of 25-litre cooking oil.
Zakka said the goods were destroyed under the supervision of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
“The 170 cartoons of frozen chicken were destroyed under the supervision of NAFDAC represented by Mr. Ande Ripiye while the command was represented by Deputy-Comptroller Binga Benjamin,” he said.