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Home » Customs FOU Zone ‘A’ Intercepts 85,300 Litres Of Petrol Amidst Fuel Scarcity

Customs FOU Zone ‘A’ Intercepts 85,300 Litres Of Petrol Amidst Fuel Scarcity

by Joshua
December 8, 2022
in Featured, News

Oluyinka Onigbinde

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘A’ said it intercepted 85,300 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), also known as petrol in Ogun state.

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The acting Customs Area Controller (CAC), Hussein Ejibunu, while speaking to journalists on Wednesday during a press briefing, stated that the product was intercepted by officers on the verge of being smuggled out of the country.

He added that the officers of the unit also intercepted 9,000 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice worth 15 trucks.

According to him “Prominent among 8,999x50kg bags of foreign parboiled rice (approximately 15 trailer loads), 85,300 litres of PMS, 812 pieces of used tyres, 1x40ft container of charcoal, and 2x20ft containers with 4,004 cartons of tomato paste.”

He, however, stated that the unit seized smuggled goods with a total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N1.021 billion in November 2022.

Ejibunu, also disclosed that the unit also collected N43.5 million through “uncompromising demand notices (DN) on detected shortfalls in duty payments.”

He explained that the country would have lost that sum to duty evasion, either through undervaluation, under-declaration, application of wrong Harmonised System (HS) codes or outright false declarations, “but for our meticulous oversight and prevention as a layer of checks.”

Others seizures included five used vehicles (Tokunbo), five litres of vegetable oil, 128 parcels of Indian Hemp,13 cartons of knockout (fireworks), 243 bales of used clothing, 2,976 cartons of new shoes, and 37 cartons of used poultry products.

Read Also:  Customs Seizes Goods Worth N4.88bln In Ogun

Ejibunu further disclosed that 14 suspects were arrested for different offences in connection with the seizures during the period under review, 13 of whom have been released on administrative bail while one was still in custody.

On the unit’s resolve against trade infractions of all sorts, Ejibunu noted that typical of lawless smugglers and enemies of the national economy, smugglers have exhibited their expected desperation towards the end of the year.

He, however, said the logistics support, including patrol vehicles and other operational support from the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), and members of his management team, the unit remains highly motivated to play their roles in the seizures.

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