Harboursandport.com: Lagos - The Apapa Area1 Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it has intercepted tramadol, mosquito coil, used cloths and unregistered drugs with a Duty Paid Value, DPV of N223.2 million in two weeks.
The
Command said 554 cartons of tramadol were concealed by 1,000 cartons of ceramic
tiles stocked in a 40 foot container while the sacks mosquito coil loaded in a
40 foot container was falsely declared as ground paper and packaging paper bag.
Newly appointed Customs Area Controller (CAC)
of the Command, Malanta Yusuf, who disclosed this in Lagos, said that the
container with number SEGU 1793504 was intercepted through the deployment of
its new “Manifest Management System” which enable them to track to track the
consignment manifested as ceramic tiles.
According
to him, “Acting on Manifest Management System, we were able to track and
intercept a container N0. SEGU 1793504 manifested as ceramic tiles. Upon 100
per cent examination to ascertain its true contents, it was found to contain
554 cartons of Tramadol capsules (120 milligram) concealed with 1,000 cartons
of ceramic tiles.
“Furthermore,
with the support of my management team we are able to make the following
intervention: One 40 foot container loaded with sacks of mosquito coil products
but declared as ground paper and packaging paper bag; seven containers loaded
with bales of used clothing and shoes and one container of unregistered
pharmaceutical product (989) cartons of Mixagrip tablets) wrongly declared as
winches and gaskets.
“It
is noteworthy to state that the consignments are out-rightly seized for
breaching the provisions of sections 46, 47 and 161 of the Customs And Excise
Management Act, CEMA CAP C45 LFN 2004 and provision of schedule 4 (17) of the
Common External Tariff.
“Based
on the foregoing, the Command has launched a preliminary investigation with a
view to identifying the consignees for arrest and possible prosecution in
connection with this criminal and unlawful importation.
“The
total DPV of the aforementioned seizures stood at N223.2 million without the
value of the illicit tramadol drug,” he concluded.
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