The Nigeria Customs Service , Federal Operations Unit , Zone A, Ikeja, has announced a single seizure of contrabands with Duty Paid Value of N10 billion.
According to the CAC, the contraband comprised 34 fairly used and new vehicles, which were laden with second hand clothes, Indian hemp and foreign parboiled rice. Some economic saboteurs met their waterloo when our operatives acted based on credible information, made a single seizure at Ido, Eruwa Road-Ibadan of Oyo State. 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.”
“Our operatives were met with stiff resistance from a combination of smugglers, hoodlums and villagers. However, with the application of high level of professionalism, the patrol teams were able to bring all the vehicles down to Lagos without any casualty, “he said.