Harboursandports.com: Lagos--- By Oko Ebuka
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone "A" of the Nigerian Custom Service (NCS) has imoounded 15 exotic cars, 15 trialer of imported rice and other contraband goods with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of over N1.405 billion in three weeks.
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| CAC FOU Zone "A", Garba Uba Mohammed addressing the press on the seizures made. |
Customs Area Controller, CAC of the
Unit, Garba Uba Mohammed who made this known in Lagos while briefing
journalists, also said that a total of N59.5 million was recovered from under
payment by importers who cleared their goods from the ports bring the total
revenue recovered during the period to N1.405 billion.
Mohammed listed the items
impounded during the period to include, three Toyota C-HR (2018 models), one
Toyota Prado Jeep (2018) one Toyota Camry LE (2018), one Toyota Hilux (2017),
one Ford
F150 (2017), one Padro Jeep
(2017), one Mercedes Benz (2017) and others.
He also said that 9,049 bags
of foreign parboiled rice (equivalent of 15 trailers), 1,464 cartons of frozen
poultry products, 870 jerry cans of vegetable oil, 273 bales of used clothing
and 592 pieces of used tyres were also seized during the period.
The Customs boss also
disclosed that four containers with no: PCIU850134/9, PCIU8278544, FCIU983753
and TGHU6924330 have been seized for false declaration.
Two of the four containers
were carrying 8,633 pieces of empty cylinders as against plumbing materials
declared in their Single Goods Declaration (SGD) forms.
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| One of the container of gas cylinder seized by the unit |
The other two were loaded
with 120 bales of new jeans as against punching machines declared in their SGD
while a total of 12suspects were arrested in connection to the 112 seizures
made during the period under review.
He commended the Officers and
Men of the Unit for living up to their statutory responsibilities in
suppression of smuggling, blocking all revenue leakages and enhancing trade
facilitation towards sustaining best international standards.
He charged them to remain
unflinching with our mandates, stressing that no amount of distraction should
deter them from performing their statutory duties.
He also commended the Comptroller General
of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (Rted) and the entire management for their
support that brought about this feat as well as the media for their continuous
reportage of our activities.
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