The Nigeria Customs Carrier, Federal Operations Unit Zone A, Ikeja, has disclosed that it intercepted 70 contrabands usefulness N8.9bn in July.
In a commentary on Wednesday, the Customs Branch Controller accountable for the command, Kola Oladeji, disclosed this month exhibiting one of the seized contraband lately in Lagos.
“Within the period under review, we made 70 seizures with a total duty paid value of N8.09bn that was intercepted,” he said.
Giving a breakdown of the seizures, Oladeji said that 6,168 items of donkey skins weighing 29.606km had been seized.
“Others include, 37,630 sachets of tramadol of 250mg, 11,820 pieces of new machetes, 4,740 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 978 kg of cannabis sativa, 1,145 cartons of poultry products, 15 units of imported vehicles, 257 bales of used clothes, and 11,700 litres of premium motor spirit,” he stated.
He added that N133m was once recovered thru documentary exams and the issuance of call for notices on consignments that had been discovered to were short-paid.
Oladeji said that all the quantity were paid into the federation account accordingly.
“Comparing the month of July 2023 with July 2024, the revenue generated increased by N96bn or 245 per cent,” he stated.
The FOU boss said that the unit’s interceptions rose from 50 seizures in July 2023 to 70 seizures in July 2024 with a duty-paid price of N7.63bn.
He added that 14 male suspects had been arrested in reference to the seizures throughout the duration underneath overview.
Oladeji famous that month the Federal Govt was once dedicated to making sure the supply of top class motor spirit, differently referred to as petrol, to Nigerians, some smugglers had been crooked on taking the goods to alternative international locations for his or her egocentric positive factors.
He stated that the unit had disposed of the 11,700 litres of PMS thru noticeable auctions because of the volatility of the product later kindness.
“The proceeds realised from the auctions had been paid into the federation account accordingly,” he disclosed.
The FOU Zone A md maintained that the unit had exposed a fresh mode of distribution of the ones restrained medicine.
“The smugglers are actually the use of smaller automobiles for the distribution. In accordance with credible prudence, we now have intercepted 35,630 sachets of tramadol alongside the Lagos/Ibadan Freeway.
“Also, the cannabis sativa was intercepted along the same expressway,” Oladeji said.
He added that the unit can be placing over the seized hashish sativa to the Nationwide Drug Legislation Enforcement Company for additional motion in series with extant rules and within the spirit of inter-agency collaboration.