The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Apapa, Lagos said it has seized goods worth N4.4 million in duty paid value that were being smuggled through Yekeme, Idiroko and Badagry in Lagos.
The Comptroller of the command, Mr Audu Zakka, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday that the seizure resulted from its renewed fight against smuggling.
The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Apapa, Lagos said it has seized goods worth N4.4 million in duty paid value that were being smuggled through Yekeme, Idiroko and Badagry in Lagos.
The Comptroller of the command, Mr Audu Zakka, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Saturday that the seizure resulted from its renewed fight against smuggling.
He said the command had evolved new strategies with intensified intelligence network to meet the challenges of combating smuggling activities which has paid off with the recent seizures.
“The smugglers continue to devise different ways of bringing in these products into the country, so we have also decided to work with more intelligence network and it has paid off.”
He said the items included 288 bags of Thailand rice, 170 cartoons of frozen chicken and 25 units of 25-litre cooking oil.
Zakka said the goods were destroyed under the supervision of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC).
“The 170 cartoons of frozen chicken were destroyed under the supervision of NAFDAC as represented by Mr Ande Ripiye while the command was represented by Deputy-Comptroller Binga Benjamin,” he said.
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