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The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ has intercepted various contrabands which included unregistered drugs from India with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N869,550,345.00 only between 1st to 31st of January 2021 in the South-South, South-East regions of the country.
In a statement signed, on Monday, by the Spokesman of the Unit, Jerry Attah, which was made available to newsmen, the unit said the seized items include 1,024 cartons of unregistered pharmaceutical products, 1,046 bags of foreign parboiled rice of 50kg each, 290 cartons of imported Eva Soap, 62 jumbo bales of secondhand clothing, and one Toyota Corolla 2018 model.
“It will interest you to know that the 1,046 bags of Foreign parboiled rice were trailed and evacuated from an unnamed warehouse along Elelenwo Road Port-Harcourt based on credible and timely intelligence, following laid down operational procedures, rules of engagement and ensued professionalism backed by section 147 and 151 of
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The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos has alleged that hoodlums suspected to be smugglers attacked and wounded three of its officers.
The command in a statement said the officers, who were on anti-smuggling patrol on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway, were attacked and wounded at dawn.
The Public Relations Officer, Zone A, Theophilus Duniya, in the statement said three customs officer and a military officer attached to the patrol team sustained various degrees of bullet wounds.
He stated that the officers had intercepted six vehicles laden with smuggled rice before the hoodlums attacked them.
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Hoodlums suspected to be smugglers on Tuesday in Lagos attacked and wounded three officers of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) and a military officer in Lagos.
The officers who were on anti-smuggling patrol on the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway were attacked and wounded at dawn.
According to a press statement made available to newsmen by the Public Relations Officer (PRO), Zone A of the unit, Theophilus Duniya, three Customs officers and a military officer attached to the patrol team sustained various degree of bullet wounds.
He stated that the officers had intercepted six vehicles laden with smuggled rice before they were attacked by the hoodlums.
He said, “
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, is a unit that compliments the Area Commands through interventions as part of its mandate; to patrol, intercept suspected smuggled items and access warehouses suspected to be used by smugglers and duty evaders.’’ According to him, as an anti-smuggling unit, we remain resolute to the course of protecting the nation’s security and economy.
“In remaining uncompromising in the fight against smuggling, duty evasion and other offences that contravene different sections of the extant laws; the following goods were seized among others within the period under review.