The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, has intercepted goods worth 671 million naira in October.
The acting Controller of the unit, Hussein Ejibunu, said this at a news conference in Lagos.
Ejibunu said the goods were seized along the borders and port corridors within the South West zone.
He also said the unit recovered 42.3 million naira from under-declaration of goods imported into the country in the period under review.
He listed the seized items as 7,403 bags of of foreign parboiled rice; 53,759 litres of petroleum motor spirit; 121 cartons of frozen poultry product; 724 bales of used second hand clothings; and three units of used motorcycles among others.
He noted that smuggling compromises national security and robs the nation of its revenue.
He warned smugglers to repent from their nefarious activities, vowing that the Customs would not relent in its efforts at ridding the zone of smugglers.
