ABUJA: Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja Lagos has seized goods worth N56, 479, 200 within two weeks.
Addressing reporters in Lagos yesterday, its Area Controller, Amade Abdul, said the prohibited items were seized within the two weeks of his assumption of duty at the unit.
The seized items included 1,887 bags of parboiled rice with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N12, 256,500; 4,854 cartons of smuggled poultry products with a DPV of N26, 211,600 and two vehicles with DPV of N9,990,000.
Other items seized included new and used tyres, textile materials, vegetable oil, used hoes, fruit juice and spaghetti worth over N8million.
Abdul said the feat achieved was possible because of the cooperation of officers posted to the unit.
“The Unit from August 27 to September 11 had 59 different seizures with a DPV of N56, 479, 200. In addition, we also apprehend eight suspects in connection with the seizures,” he said.
The Controller said the unit will continue to uphold standard of service and work vigorously to improve on it.
“We will not just maintain standards, but we will also ensure we improve on the standard of discipline, decision making and level of compliance to rules and regulations; we will ensure due diligence and that things are not done haphazardly, because if they are done haphazardly, it will affect the revenue generation,” he said.
He warned smugglers to desist from their illicit act or be ready to face the law.
He said smuggling hampers the progress of the economy of the nation if it is not tackle headlong.
