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Customs seizes 34, 540 bags of rice in Ogun

•Western Marine command raises in N700m in six months The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area 1 Command of Ogun State, has announced the seizure of 58 trailer-loads of smuggled parboiled rice with duty paid value (DPV) of N834.7 million in the last six months. Meanwhile, the Western Marine Command (WMC) of the NCS made a total of 30 seizures with a DPV of N747 million between January and June 2021. The Ogun 1 Command Area Controller, Peter Kolo, while parading the seizures, revealed that the command has made among others, a seizure of 34, 540 bags of foreign parboiled rice of 50kg each, an equivalent of 58 trailers.

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Yahaya, while giving a breakdown of the seizures said it includes 14,789 bags of 59kg rice, 727 cartons of unregistered drugs, 2,784 cartons of frozen poultry products, 28 units of smuggled used vehicles, 116,000 litres of petrol (4649 jerricans), 237 bales of second-hand clothes, six sacks of secondhand clothing, 20 cartons of Tramadol, 885 prices of used tyres, 10,400 cartons of alcohol beverages, 84 different kinds of vehicles laden with 50kg bags of rice and 5×29 ft containers of semi-processed woods. He also disclosed that 28 units of exotic cars valued at N258.61 million were also seized within the same period. He said, “We also arrested 23 suspects in connection with the seizures. Out of the 23 suspects, 12 have secured administrative bail, while 11 are still in our custody.

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