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Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, Yusuf Lawal, left, displaying items seized by the Unit in Q1 2021 while addressing newsmen in Owerri, April 14, 2021
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it seized contraband worth N1.2 billion in the first quarter.
Comptroller of the Zone, Yusuf Lawal, said this in Owerri, Imo on Wednesday, while briefing newsmen on the achievements of the unit from January to March.
He listed the seized items to include 2,976 bags of 5kg each of foreign parboiled rice and 1,024 cartons of Colcaps medicament that had no certification from the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
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By Hussaina Yakubu
Kaduna, April 9, 2021 The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’, says it has seized items with duty paid value of N51.44 million within two weeks.
Mr Al-Bashir Hamisu, the Comptroller of the Unit, gave the figure while briefing newsmen on the seizure on Friday in Kaduna.
He said the unlawful goods were impounded between March 22 and April 8, 2021.
The comptroller identified the goods to include 801 bags of foreign par boiled rice in 50kg; 180 cartons of foreign spaghetti and 81 kegs of vegetable oil.
He also listed 48 bales of second hand clothes; 28 bags of foreign rice in 25kg and cartons of foreign milk among others.
TODAY
March 3, 2021
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’, says it has seized 180 pieces of assorted Jack knives and other items with duty paid value of N466.33 million.
The Comptroller of the unit, Mr Al-Bashir Hamisu, said on Wednesday in Kaduna while briefing newsmen that the contraband were seized between Feb. 16 and March 1, 2021.
According to him, the 180 jack knives were confiscated around Tsafe in Zamfara from a suspected bandits’ courier, who abandoned his motorcycle and fled.
He said that the customs personnel also seized 55 kegs of PMS, 49 kegs of gas, 592 bags of foreign rice, 237 kegs of vegetable oil, 88 bales of second hand clothes and 94 cartons of spaghetti, among others.
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