The Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) said it is intensifying its anti smuggling efforts which has led to seizure of products worth N504 million by the strike force team of Service.
The Comptroller General of Customs (CGC) Strike Force team was set up to drive the Service anti-smuggling operations.
Speaking to newsmen on its activities yesterday, the coordinator of the team, Deputy Comptroller Kolapo Oladeji said “From April 2022 till date, “The team made seizures of various illicit items in Abuja, Minna and Kwara States, comprising of 43 exotic vehicles, 99 bags of foreign parboiled rice and 19 bags of second-hand clothes with a total duty paid value of N504 million,”
DC Oladeji added that “the CGC Strike force unit is like an intervention arm of the Customs that ensures smuggled goods does not escape the seaports and other routes to complement the efforts of other units.”
He explained that the use of technology in intelligence gathering has aided in the successful seizures, adding that despite attacks on his officers, the team will continue to frustrate the efforts of these economic saboteurs.
He said the Customs under the leadership of Col. Hameed Ali Rtd while delivering on its mandate to collect and remit revenue to the federation account will leave no stone unturned in promoting sanity at the borders by ensuring that smuggled goods are checked.
