Harboursandport.com: Lagos - Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’ Owerri has intercepted Indian Hemp, tramadol and other contraband goods with a Duty Paid Value, DPV of N99.8 million from April-June 2021.
The Unit also arrested
five suspects in connection to the seizures during the period. Some of the
items impounded includes 45 rolls containing 4,500 sachets of 225mg of royal
brand of tramadol, 210 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice, 18 parcels of
Indian Hemp, 19, 725 sachets of diazepam tablet, 98 bales of used clothing, 220
cartons of foreign tomatoes paste, 12 cartons of foreign Johnson soap, 240
pieces of used tyres, 668 pairs of used shoes, among others mostly intercepted
along Okada-Benin/Lagos expressway
The Customs Area
Controller, CAC of the Unit, Yusuf Lawal, said that though smuggling is a
global phenomenon that cannot be eradicated entirely, invites all hands to be
on deck so that it could be reduced to its barest minimum. He commended the
resilience and doggedness of his officers and men that brought about this
result noting that only God knows what would have happened if the tramadol gets
to the wrong hand at this trying moment as the negative consequences cannot be
over-emphasized.
Lawal commended
collaborations from the service and other sister agencies for giving the
necessary operational support, most especially the Nigeria Army, Police, DSS
among others and look forward to sustaining such a relationship that will yield
better performance in the remaining half of the year.
He charged officers of
the command to sustain the anti-smuggling operations by making sure all revenue
leakages are blocked and encouraged them to keep thwarting the antics of those
daredevil smugglers who used different methods of concealment for smuggling.
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