By GODWIN OBI
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service on Thursday announced seizures of bullet proofs, drugs and other items worth N3.6bn in the month of June alone.
This was disclosed by the Area Controller of the Unit, Comptroller I.K Oladeji at a press briefing in his office.
He said that the smugglers made every effort to cover their crime by creating bunkers in their vehicles to ensure that the items were not discovered.
But the Controller said the operatives of the Service adopted uncompromising actions to discover the concealed items around South Western part of the country.
Details of the items seized include 1,500 pieces of bullet proof jackets, 989 kg of Indian Hemp (Cannabis Sativa) and 5,229 cartons of expired drugs.
Other items were “343,750 liters of premium motor spirit (PMS) 7,150 bags of foreign parboiled rice at 50 kg each, 32 units of used motor vehicles were intercepted, 120 bags of sugar at 50 kg each3,560 cartons of poultry products”
Oladeji disclosed that four suspects were arrested in connection with various seizures for violating import/export guidelines, concealment, wrong classification, smuggling, and contravening policy directives.
Oladeji told newsmen, “You may recall that some security and medical experts reported that people who take illicit drugs can lead to mental health cases, and are most often motivated for the wrong reasons; where extreme motivations could lead to loss of conscience that aids the commission of crimes”.
. The Unit also recovered the sum of N62, 017,875.82) in revenue through issuance of Demand Notices on consignments whose importers failed to pay correct duties,
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2024-07-17
