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Covid-19: Customs intercepts essential duty vehicle smuggling frozen poultry products in Ogun

Saint AugustineBy Saint AugustineMay 12, 2020No Comments3 Mins Read
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…Impounds N12.7bn smuggled vehicles, rice, others in four months

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a vehicle with Covid-19 sticker used to smuggled frozen chicken into the country.

The unit also intercepted various items of contraband worth N12.7billion between January and April, 2020.

Recall that the FOU A is an anti-smuggling arm of the service saddled with the responsibility of suppressing smuggling in the six states of the South-West.

In a press statement by the Customs Public Relations Officer of the unit, Jerry Attah, the officers intercepted the vehicle under the guise of essential duty smuggling cartons of smuggled frozen chicken into the country from Benin Republic.

Attah who quoted the Customs Area Controller of the unit, Usman Yahaya said the vehicle was intercepted along Ijebu ode expressway.

He also disclosed that they were intercepted based on intelligence and the eagle eye officers who were on routine patrol at the axis.

The CAC said, “The officers were professional enough to intercept the vehicle which was believed to be used in the movement of essential commodities but was surprise to see that it was used for illegal activities such as movement of contraband.

“We have arrested the vehicle and investigation has commenced to get to the root and unravel other atrocities that may have been committed using the essential duty tag.”

However, speaking on the activities of the command in the last four months, the CAC said contraband worth N12.7 billion were intercepted from smugglers between January and April, 2020

According to him, the unit also paid a whopping N1.14 billion into the Treasury Single Account of the federal government from Debit Note (DN) on intercepted containers from Lagos seaport, voluntary payment of Customs duty on vehicles, auction sales from PMS among others

Giving a break down in the seizures, he said 25 units of fairly used vehicles worth N108 million, 5,644 cartons of frozen chicken worth N54.1 million were intercepted, 9,843 bags of 50kg smuggled parboiled rice worth N130.4 million and sacks of textile materials worth N94 million were seized in the month under review.

Others are; N14 million worth of used tyre, 3,764 kegs of smuggled vegetables oil worth N69.2 million, 8,365 litres of smuggled petrol also known as (PMS) and AGO also known as Diesel worth N35million.

The Customs boss said, “We won’t relent on our anti-smuggling fight especially at this time the government is preaching diversification into the agric sector due to the fall in price of oil in the international market which has affected government revenue base.”

“So, we will ensure that smuggling is reduced to the nearest minimum and not allowed to fester as that could be injurious to our economy and wellbeing as a country,” he said.

Photo: The Customs Area Controller, Federal Operations Unit Zone A, Ikeja, Lagos, Comptroller Usman Yahaya (l) showcasing the content some of the frozen poultry products being smuggled into the country by the impounded Covid-19 essential duty vehicle.

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