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Customs raked in N767m, arrested 23 smugglers in March

Smuggled items worth a total duty paid value of N767,633,458.50 were seized by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A (Lagos and Ogun states) of…

Smuggled items worth a total duty paid value of N767,633,458.50 were seized by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A (Lagos and Ogun states) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and 23 persons arrested at various points in connection with smuggling activities in the month of March, 2022.

The acting comptroller of the unit, DC Hussein Kehinde Ejibunu, who disclosed this during a press briefing where he displayed the seizures and suspects to newsmen, said the command collected N89,347,365.25 as revenue within the period.

Mr Ejibunu said, “This new wave of the daring attitude of smugglers has claimed the lives of many officers; the latest being the hacking to death of an inspector of customs, Onwegbuzie  A,  on Senator  Road, Ilaro axis in  Ogun  State, after making a seizure on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.

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