The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’, has intercepted contraband goods with duty paid value worth over N300 million.
According to the Area Comptroller of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone C, Ali Ibrahim, the seizures were intercepted on.different routes within the zone which include the Umuikaa/Aba, Okada/Benin, Benin/Auchi and Enugu/Ubollo.
They included an armoured Lexus LX570 jeep without End User Certificate, 294 bags of foreign parboiled rice concealed with RC minerals, 304 pieces of used tyres, 657 jumbo bales of used clothing among others, totalling about N300 million.
Ibrahim noted that the successes were recorded through an intelligence-driven network of the Nigerian Customs Service.
He also added that the Nigeria Customs Service would continue to exhibit professionalism in ensuring that smuggling was reduced to its barest minimum in the country.
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