Photos: See The Banned Items Seized By Nigerian Customs, Including Over 300 Cars

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Photos: See The Banned Items Seized By Nigerian Customs, Including Over 300 Cars

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’, Owerri –has recorded a total of four hundred and sixty-seven (467) seizures of illegally imported items with an overall Duty Paid Value (DPV) of two billion, seven hundred and nine million, eight hundred and seven thousand, three hundred and fifty-eight naira (N2,709,807,358) in the year 2015.

The Customs Area Controller of the Unit, Comptroller Dimka, Victor David, who gave a graphic detail of the seizures recorded while briefing newsmen in Owerri where some of the contraband items were deposited, said that while three hundred and sixteen (316) suspects were arrested in connection with the smuggling and one (1) convicted, twenty three (23) cases are now in court for the same purpose of which 7 cases were won by the Unit.

According to the Customs Area Controller, an analysis of the seizures made within the year involved 343 vehicles; 378 bales of bags/suitcases with 466 pieces; 6,472 pieces of imported used tyres; 8,855 cartons of foreign frozen poultry products; and 2,758 bales of imported textile materials. Others were 10 cartons of foreign beverages/juice; 2,584 bags of 50kg imported rice; 6,747 pairs of foot wears; 45 cartons of electrical/electronic equipment; 108 cartons of foreign vegetable oil; 1,387 packages of foreign furniture with 126 pieces; and 412 cartons of foreign soaps and detergents.