The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has vowed to clamp down on contraband that has tried to make its way into the country, News About Nigeria reports.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Public Relations Officer, NCS, Zone C, Jerry Attah, on Wednesday.
The service noted that its Federal Operations Unit Zone C intercepted contrabands after receiving credible intelligence with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N510.92 million between July 15th and September 15th, 2024.
According to the statement, these statistics were disclosed by the Comptroller of NCS, Zone C, Michael Ugbagu, while showcasing the seized contraband to relevant regulatory agencies at the Government Warehouse in Edo.
Ugbagu further noted that the zone also recovered the sum of N25.57 million from demand notices raised based on some infractions noticed, making a cumulative sum of N536.49 million recorded within the months under review.
The statement reads in part, “The DPV was derived from our seized goods, which include 49,699 sachets of various brands of tramadol and 3,350 bottles of various cough syrups with codeine without a NAFDAC number.
“1,015 sacks of dry donkey meat and skin, 75 jumbo bales of second-hand clothing, 463 cartons of foreign spaghetti, 269 pieces of used pneumatic tyres, and 56 cartons of smuggled foreign tomato paste.
“More worrisome is the interception of 49,699 sachets of various brands of tramadol and 3,350 bottles of various cough syrups with codeine without NAFDAC registration numbers.”
The zone consists of six states in the South-South geopolitical zone and five states in the Southeast geopolitical zone.
