FOU Zone A Seizes N2.8bn Worth Of Goods

...Arrests 29 suspects Within Three Months

The Federal Operations Unit Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service in it's efforts in combating smuggling within the zone recorded a total seizures of 206 with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N2,877,049,777 in first quarter of 2024.

This was disclosed by the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the unit, Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu at a press briefing in Lagos yesterday, Friday 5th April, 2024. He also disclosed that the unit was able to apprehend 29 suspects in connection with the various seizures within the review period.

Giving a breakdown of the seizures, Ejibunu noted that the various contraband items seized within the period includes,12,278 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 40 units of used vehicles, 286 cartons of rubber slippers, and 1,220 cartons of foreign tomato paste. Others are 2,705 kegs of premium motor spirit, 3,510 pieces of used pneumatic tyres, 330 bales of used clothes, 2,230 kg of Indian Hemp, 1,569 cartons of foreign frozen poultry products, 365 cartons of unmarked drugs, 104 units of motorcycles, and 566 cartons of slippers.

The CAC disclosed that the seizures were made due to violations of various sections of the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023 and the federal government’s import and export prohibition guidelines, adding that the unit within the review period recovered N305,310,010.44 in revenue, through the issuance of Debit Notes (DNs) representing 67% of the N455,202,073.97 revenue target for the year 2024 for the unit.

While highlighting the
risks faced by his officers during operations, the controller cited a recent incident in Oyo State.where officers were shot at by smugglers where some officers sustained injuries but successfully repelled the smugglers' attack.

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