Harboursandport.com: Lagos - Nigerian
Customs Service, NCS, Tin can Island Command, have impounded 54 containers
of rice, illicit and unregistered drugs, vegetable oil, and vehicle spare parts
with a Duty Paid Value, DPV, of over N2.7 billion.
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| Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd.), addressing the press on the seizure |
Comptroller
General of Customs, CGC, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd.), who disclosed this in Lagos
this afternoon, said that 33 of the seized containers were loaded with expired
rice, one container of rice concealed with motor spare parts and 11 were
stuffed with unregistered pharmaceutical products.
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| Some containers of expired rice |
The
Customs boss further disclosed that two of the containers had used tyres, one
contains used clothing, while the remaining four were stocked with vegetable
oil in retail parks.
The
customs boss also said that the 54 containers comprise of 15
40ft containers, while the other 39 were 20ft containers.
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| Containers of seized illicit drugs |
He also
said that the rice which is; master rice with the date of packaging and
expiration as May 2016 and March 2019 respectively, fragrant rice,
packaged on October 2018 with an expiration date of October 2019, where both
imported from Thailand, while Jasmine rice which was packaged on September,
2018, with an expiration date on September 2020, was imported from China.
He added
that the master rice was packaged for Master Energy Commodity trading limited,
located at 31A, Remi Fani-Kayode Street, GRA, Ikeja. While jasmine rice belongs
to Yunfei International Trading Company Limited, with an address located at 103
Ibittu Ukuiwe Street, Jabi, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja.
He also
pointed out that some of the impounded drugs were tramadol and performance
enhancing drugs.
The
customs CG assured that customs will carry out thorough investigations in
respect of the companies with these addresses.
However,
the comptroller didn't disclose when the seizures were made.
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