Contraband: Customs Confiscate Smuggled Goods Valued At N226m - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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June 18, 2019
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’of Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna today, said it made 106 seizures in twomonths.
The Comptroller of the command,Mustafa Sarkin-Kebbi, who said this while briefing journalists, added  that the seizures were made between May and Junewithin Katsina axis alone.
He said the smuggled items with DutyPaid Value of about 207 million naira include 2,540 bags of 50kg foreign perboiled rice, 789 Jerrycans of 45 litter smuggled vegetable oil.
Other items seized were 570 cartonsof spaghetti and 150 bags of 50kg of smuggled sugar.
In another development, the CustomService Seme Border Area Command has intercepted 1,682 parcels of cannabissativa worth over 25, 290 million naira and concealed in a dead body and atruck.
The Customs Area Controller of theCommand, Comptroller Mohammed Garba, said at a press briefing at Seme todaythat the banned substance was smuggled into Nigeria through the border.