Customs Impounds Bullet-Proof Vehicles, Goods Worth N545m, Arrest 5 Suspects

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, says it has impounded bullet-proof vehicles and other goods worth N545 million in the last one week.
Customs Area Comptroller of the Unit; Mr Victor Dimka, who made this known to newsmen after displaying the vehicles and goods to them late last week in Owerri, Imo state, said that the unit also arrested five people in connection with the seizures.

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, says it has impounded bullet-proof vehicles and other goods worth N545 million in the last one week.
Customs Area Comptroller of the Unit; Mr Victor Dimka, who made this known to newsmen after displaying the vehicles and goods to them late last week in Owerri, Imo state, said that the unit also arrested five people in connection with the seizures.
He said that the breakthrough was made barely five days after the former Acting Comptroller-General of Customs, Dr. John Attee, addressed senior officers and introduced a new policy christened “Quick Fix”.
Also impounded were 13 vehicles comprising nine Toyota Land Cruiser Prado Jeeps, one bullet-proof Toyota Prado Jeep, and three new Toyota Corolla vehicles with DPV of N285.24 million.
Dimka said that other used vehicles and vehicles carrying goods (trucks) with DPV of N110.18 million, two trucks comprising 1,220 bags of 50kg rice worth N22.8million and goods, rice and imported frozen poultry with DPV of N96.7 million, were also seized.
A breakdown of the seizures, according to Dimka, showed that 85 bales of second hand clothing with Duty Paid Value (DPV),of N8.16 million, and 373 bales of used school bags with a DPV of N22.47 million, totaling N30.6 million, were impounded along the Aba/Eleme axis.
He said that while well-meaning Nigerians were happy with the present administration’s desire and move to curb corruption, smugglers were busy truncating these efforts.
He said that the Customs personnel were now better trained and more equipped to continue to fight smugglers until they were brought to their knees.