Harboursandport.com: Lagos - The Federal Operations Unit, FOU Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS yesterday said the Unit arrested 12 suspects in connection with the importation of contraband goods with Duty Paid Value, DPV worth N813 million into the country.
The Unit also recovered the sum of N81.4 million on revenue made through documentary checks and issuance of Demand Notices, D/Ns on consignments with underpayment of duty.
Speaking at a press briefing in Ikeja, the Acting Controller of Unit, Hussein Kehinde Ejibunu, said: 91 seizures were recorded within August, 12 suspects were arrested in connection with some of the seizures.
Giving a breakdown of the seizures, Ejibunu said: "6,911 (50 kilograms, kg) bags of Foreign Parboiled Rice (over 11 truck-loads), 345 kg of Indian Hemp, 486 cartons of frozen poultry products, 368 pieces of used tyres, 13 used vehicles (Tokunbo vehicles), 32 cartons of expired batteries, one 40 feet container, one used Toyota Corolla, 49 pieces of car rims, 552 pieces of used car tyres, 205 pieces of used truck tyres, 32 pieces of motorcycle tyres, 292 bales of Used Clothes and 13,529 litres of Premium Motor Spirit were among the seizures made."
Lamenting the unpatriotic attitude of some Nigerians, Ejibunu state "It is sad to note that some Nigerians would pay all duties and levies payable to the Customs authorities of other countries they import from, while they make conscious efforts to evade such payments into the federal government coffers."
He also used the opportunity to thank the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi MFR, for the additional logistics supply of two (2) trucks for the evacuation of seizures and a towing truck.
Ejibunu noted that the provision of these additional logistics has eased our operations.
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