The Federal Operating Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, has intercepted various contraband with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1,295,600,724.95 between January till June 2017.
Similarly, the unit through its interventions recovered another sum of N1,286,730,671.90 from duty payments and demand notices on general goods from seaports, airport and border stations through wrong classification, transfer of value, and shortchange in duty payments.
According to the Public Relation Officer of the unit, Mr. Jerry Attah, cumulatively the unit has netted about N2,582,331,396.9 within the first half of this year.
He disclosed that, in the months under review, 475 different seizures were recorded comprising foreign parboiled rice, frozen poultry products, vegetable oil, smuggled vehicles, Indian hemp, arms, fake pharmaceutical/medicaments and various general merchandise. He also added that 95 suspects were arrested in connection to the seizures.
He quoted the Controller, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’; Comptroller Mohammed Uba Garba as thanking the Comptroller General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd) and the entire management team of the Nigeria Customs Service for their efforts in recognizing hard work and putting square pegs in square holes.
"Without the management motivation and necessary logistic support, we won’t have achieved this feat within this period", he said.
Comptroller Uba also commended the commitment and diligence of the Officers and Men of the FOU ‘A’ for thwarting the antics of some dare devil smugglers who used different methods for concealment.
He also charged officers to be professional and diligent in performing their statutory responsibilities; most especially in the area of anti-smuggling operations by making sure all revenue linkages are blocked.
"Smuggling is a global phenomenon, which cannot be curbed entirely but can be brought to its barest minimum", he acknowledged
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