Joy Anyim
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), over the weekend, announced a single seizure of contrabands with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N10 billion.
According to the acting Customs Area Controller, Usman Yahaya, the seizures were made at Ido-Eruwa road in one day.
Yahaya said the contraband comprised of 34 fairly used and new vehicles, which were laden with second hand clothes,marijuana and foreign parboiled rice.
He said the large scale seizures were made based on credible information.
“The large scale of smuggled vehicles were laden with different kinds of contraband goods. Some economic saboteurs met their waterloo when our operatives acted based on credible information, made a single seizure at Ido-Eruwa Road, Ibadan, in Oyo State.
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“The contrabands included 34 different brands of both new and used vehicles laden with banned items such as second hand clothes, foreign parboiled rice and Indian hemp,” he stated.
However, Yahaya further stated that though there were stiff resistance from the smugglers who engaged the support of hoodlums, the Customs operatives displayed high level of professionalism and restraint to secure the contraband to the Customs warehouse in Lagos.
He said, “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.”
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He however warned smugglers to desist from engaging in economic activities that sabotages the government policies of making Nigeria self sufficient in food production.
“While we appreciate the support and the cooperation of patriotic members of the public in carrying out our mandate by providing timely and useful information, however, recalcitrant economic saboteurs should note that, they would continue to count their losses because we are better mobilised, organised and backed by the extant laws to be always ahead of them,” he concluded.
