Harboursandport.com: Katsina- The Katsina Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it impounded contraband worth N50.379 million from smugglers in the past one month.
The Acting
Customs Area Comptroller, Alhaji Wada Chedi, said in a statement that the
seizures included foreign rice, secondhand vehicles, and other contraband
consumables.
“After careful
analysis, we valued all the goods and properties seized with Duty Paid Value of
N50, 378, 800,” Chedi said.
The customs boss
explained that the goods impounded included 486 bags of foreign rice of 50kg
each, 197 jerry-cans of 25 litres vegetable oil, 98 bags of 50 kg foreign
sugar, 304 cartons of foreign macaroni.
According to
him, the vehicles seized included a Howo Tipper Truck, a Toyota Corolla, a Man
Diesel Tipper 32240.
Also impounded
were one Honda Accord EOD, one Volkswagen Passat, one Peugeot 504 and one
Citroen Space Wagon Bus.
Chedi said that NCS would not relent in sensitizing the people against
smuggling.
He said that the
customs command would not relent in curbing smuggling in the area and assured
that government was ready to assist genuine business people with necessary
license for importation of goods into the country.
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