Customs seizes 101 trailers of rice in Ogun

The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has impounded 101 trailers of foreign rice within 13 months.

The Controller, Dera Nnadi, disclosed this at a press conference at the command’s headquarters in Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area, of the state.

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Mr Nnadi, while speaking on the activities of the command between January, 2021, and January, 2022, explained that 96 trailers with 57,758 bags of rice each, were seized in 2021, while five trailers with 3,008 bags were intercepted in January, 2022.

He explained that the command also stopped the illegal importation of “poultry products, used tyres, second hand clothing, dangerous drugs (tramadol and cannabis sativa), palm oil, petroleum products, assorted soaps and cream.”

In total, the controller maintained that 1,389 seizures were made within the period under review, adding that the duty paid value for all the items seized was N1.48bn.

He added that the NCS in Ogun was able to generate N43,921,205.50 through “fees collected from the auction sales of seized items, especially petroleum products, scrap metals and perishable items.”