Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Zamfara/Sokoto Area
Command on Tuesday said it impounded contraband goods worth Duty Paid Value
(DPV) of over N3billion.
The command Public Relations Officer, Mailafia
Magaji, stated this at the command’s headquarters while briefing journalists in Sokoto, explaining that the
seizure was made possible by the operatives of anti-smuggling team of the
command.
He disclosed that the consignments were seized by
the anti-smuggling team through credible intelligence, stressing that the
seizure was between October and November 2019 with a Duty Paid Value of
N995,539,642.
Magaji added that some of the items seized within
the period under review included 640 cartons of some unregistered, dangerous
and unapproved aphrodisiacs (sex enhancement drugs) otherwise called Lady
Killer, Great man, African Vigra and
AK47, with DPV of N914,800,000.00, which were also intercepted along
Ilella/Kware axis.
He further stated that the command also impounded three
Toyota Carina II vehicles with registration numbers AG 462 WSN; ER 415 ABJ; AZ
509 SRZ loaded with 132 jerry cans of 25kg vegetable oil, 85 cartons of Tiger
Head batteries and 86 sacks of 25kg size Monosodium Glutamate around
Achida/Goronyo axis of Sokoto State.
The command image maker further disclosed that seven
sacks containing 800 pieces of cutlass were intercepted by the patrol team while
on surveillance patrol around the border
town of Ilella.
He stated that the command under Umar Gimba is
appealing to the public to embrace legitimate trade and avoid smuggling in its
entirety as the Sokoto/Zamfara Area Command will not relent in its concerted
effort to ensuring that smuggling activities are brought to the barest minimum
within its area of jurisdiction.
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