NCS Intercepts N1billion Contrabands in S/East
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone C, Owerri of the Nigeria Customs Service, says it intercepted over N1 billion worth of contraband items from smugglers in the South-East in the first quarter of the year.
FOU Zone C is in charge of operations of the Nigeria Customs Service in the South Eastern States.
The Customs Controller FOU Zone C, Comptroller Bishir Abdullahi Balogun, said that as part of the unit’s revenue recovery program, the sum of N13.5 million was generated from Demand Notices (DN) issued to importers who, according to him, had attempted to deny the federal government its actual revenue.
Balogun while describing the activities of smugglers said those involved are economic saboteurs, whose desire is to bring in prohibited goods into the country that have negative impact on local industries, and also affect the well-being of individuals.
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“The anti-smuggling measures put in place by the unit led to the interception and seizure of these goods namely: “725 bales of used clothing, 2762 rolls of satin fabrics of 69 yards each, 2589 pieces of used tyres, 233 sacks of 2kg foreign rice, 181 rolls of wall coverings, 102 bottles of 75cl of diesel, 80 jerry-can of PMS, 78 Jerry cans of 25l of crude oil, 32 new tyres, 25 bales of cannabis sativa, 24 bottles of 150cl of diesel, 14 bags of 50kg foreign rice, three cartons of red wine, one sack of used shoes, and one Scannia container used body truck with registration number T 281 A2LA” he said.
Comptroller Bishir restated that no matter the intentions of smugglers and their patronizers the unit will not relent in carrying out its statutory functions which are backed up with intelligence-driven strategies of the Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service Bashir Adewale Adeniyi.
SOURCE: Daily Trust
