Customs Seizes Seven Containers of Cutlasses, Others Offending Imports at Apapa port

The Nigeria customs Service said it intercepted seven containers of offending importations at the Apapa Area Command.

The contents of the containers which comprises of 12,000 pieces of cutlass and matchete, expired pharmaceutical, 4,129 packages of frozen hen and 368 jumbo bales of second hand clothings were intercepted at the Apapa port.

This was disclosed by the Customs Controller of the command ,Comptroller Babatunde Olomu on Friday during a press briefing in Lagos, he said the items which have a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N292million fall short of the import prohibition guidelines for entering the country.

Giving account of the seizure, Olomu said, “On Thursday, 18 July 2024, the command seized 2x40ft containers carrying twelve thousand (12,000) pieces of cutlass and machete; 2x40ft carrying four thousand, one hundred and twenty-nine (4,129) packages of frozen hen; 1x40ft container carrying three hundred and sixty-eight (368) jumbo bales of used second hand clothing; and 1x40ft container of expired pharmaceutical; The duty paid value (DPV) of these seized items stood at two hundred and ninety-two million, two hundred and forty-four thousand,eight hundred and fifty-seven naira (292,244,857.00)".

Continuing, the Comptroller Olomu said, “It is pertinent to note that this type of importation is against schedule 3 of the revised import prohibition list of the Common External Tariff (CET) and violate section 233 of the Nigeria Customs Service Act 2023.”

The command boss stated that the seizures were made following a combination of intelligence and diligent enforcement in ensuring that no consignment exits Apapa Port or any terminal under the command without undergoing proper examination.

He further added that as a working principle, the command will continually sustain and improve on trade facilitation and maximum revenue generation without compromising the enforcement of its extant laws.

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