Also seized were 1,024 cartons of unregistered Colcap medicament imported from China
The Controller FOU Zone C, Owerri, Yusuf Lawal, in a statement said officers of the unit trailed the 1,046 bags of foreign parboiled rice to a warehouse in Port Harcourt from where they were evacuated to the Customs warehouse in Owerri.
He said: “Our concern now is to unravel those behind the importation, their accomplices and their antics of scaling through unapproved routes. The negative effects of unlicensed drugs in the wrong hands cannot be overemphasized.
“The drugs were intercepted along Ofosu-Benin Expressway based on shared intelligence.
Equally, 290 cartons of soap were also intercepted along Aba-Owerri Road based on intelligence.”
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ has intercepted various contrabands which included unregistered drugs from India with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N869,550,345.00 only between 1st to 31st of January 2021 in the South-South, South-East regions of the country.
In a statement signed, on Monday, by the Spokesman of the Unit, Jerry Attah, which was made available to newsmen, the unit said the seized items include 1,024 cartons of unregistered pharmaceutical products, 1,046 bags of foreign parboiled rice of 50kg each, 290 cartons of imported Eva Soap, 62 jumbo bales of secondhand clothing, and one Toyota Corolla 2018 model.
“It will interest you to know that the 1,046 bags of Foreign parboiled rice were trailed and evacuated from an unnamed warehouse along Elelenwo Road Port-Harcourt based on credible and timely intelligence, following laid down operational procedures, rules of engagement and ensued professionalism backed by section 147 and 151 of
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The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone “C” Owerri, Imo State has intercepted and seized 1,046 bags of 50kg parboiled foreign rice, 1,024 cartons of unregistered pharmaceutical products, 290 cartons of imported Eva soap, 62 jumbo bales of second-hand clothing and one 2018 model Toyota Corolla worth Duty Paid Value of N869,550,345.00.
It was gathered that the seizure was made by the command between January 1 and 31, 2021.
The DPV of the foreign rice was put at N31,380,000; used clothes – N7,800,000; pharmaceutical products – N819,200,000; foreign Eva soap – N4,176,000; and vehicle – N7,354,345, making a total of N869,550,345.
Briefing journalists on Friday in Owerri, the Customs Area Controller, Yusuf Lawal, stated that the bags of foreign rice were evacuated from a warehouse along Elelenwo Road in Port Harcourt.
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos has alleged that hoodlums suspected to be smugglers attacked and wounded three of its officers.
The command in a statement said the officers, who were on anti-smuggling patrol on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, were attacked and wounded at dawn.
The Public Relations Officer, Zone A, Theophilus Duniya, in the statement said three customs officer and a military officer attached to the patrol team sustained various degrees of bullet wounds.
He stated that the officers had intercepted six vehicles laden with smuggled rice before the hoodlums attacked them.