ABUJA: From records, the 843 cartons of imported fake drugs are: 696 cartons of fake imported Lubumol and 153 cartons of tramodol analgesics, amounting to a Duty Paid Value of N163,260,000.00
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, Owerri recorded various seizures comprising of truck with 843 cartons of fake drugs, another truck containing furniture and furniture components with a Duty Paid Value of N226,380.000.00.
From records, the 843 cartons of imported fake drugs are: 696 cartons of fake imported Lubumol and 153 cartons of tramodol analgesics, amounting to a Duty Paid Value of N163,260,000.00.
The Customs Area Controller in charge of the unit, Comptroller Dimka Victor David, who disclosed this to newsmen at the premises of the NCS, Imo-Abia Command in Owerri, where he showcased the exhibits, said they were confiscated on the Eleme/Aba Road on September 22.
Dimka said the eagle-eye men of the unit, who have traditionally kept vigil on the nefarious activities of die-hard smugglers, also seized 303 cartons of glass dining table, 1,936 pieces of side stool, with a DPV of N63,120,000 on the same axis, warning that the Nigeria customs service would never rest on its oars until smugglers and their collaborators are flushed out from their hideouts in all nooks and crannies of the country.
He said: “We are worried at the upsurge of smuggling in this country despite obvious shift penalties for culprits.
“The NCS is not sleeping and will ever remain awake to its responsibilities and the persistent cases of smuggling shows how terrible, greedy and deviant people can be; and since the smugglers have learnt to fly without perching, we (the NCS) have also learnt to shoot without missing.”
Dimka who subsequently handed over the fake deadly drugs to the Director General of the National Agency for Foods Drugs, Administration and Control on behalf of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Colonel Ahmed Ali (rtd.), to the Director General of NAFDAC, Dr. Paul Orhii, through the Imo State Coordinator, Mmamel Victor, for in-depth investigation and final action, said the driver of the truck conveying the offensive drug had been arrested and is being investigated.
