The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone \u2018C\u2019 Owerri of the Nigeria Customs
\nService (NCS) has arrested six (6) suspects for alleged importation of
\nsome contraband goods into the country. This is even as thirteen (13)
\ncases arising from illegal importation of some items are now pending in
\nvarious high courts located in Calabar, Owerri, Benin and Enugu.<\/p>\n
The Customs Area Controller of the FOU Zone \u2018C\u2019, DC Victor David Dimka
\ndisclosed this while briefing newsmen on current seizures made in the
\nmonth May this year which according to him totalled thirty-four (34) with
\nDuty Paid Value (DPV) of\u00a0 eighty-eight million, nine hundred and
\nthirty-two thousand, four hundred and eighty-five naira (#88,932,485.00).<\/p>\n
Out of the total number of seizures made, Dimka said that seventeen (17)
\nwere vehicles with a DPV of twenty-four million, three hundred and ninety
\nthousand naira (#24,390,000.00);\u00a0 which were confiscated mainly on the
\nBenin axis, in Edo State, Agbor and Asaba bridgehead in Delta State. He
\nadvised any interested buyer of vehicle to endeavour to contact the
\nauthorities of the closest Customs formation for verification and
\nclearance of the vehicles in question before making their payment, to
\navoid possible embarrassment and prosecution if proved otherwise that
\nCustoms duty was not paid on such vehicle.<\/p>\n
The Area Controller disclosed that the other items impounded on the Benin,
\nCalabar, Owerri, Port-Harcourt\/Eleme axis as well as Agbor expressway in
\nDelta state include; a container load of\u00a0 two hundred and ninety-four
\n(294) bales of textile materials with DPV of eighteen million, eight
\nhundred and seventy-four thousand, eight hundred naira (#18,874,800.00)
\nand three (3) trailer loaded with 50Kg imported rice comprising one
\nthousand, three hundred and fifty-seven (1, 357) bags\u00a0 with a DPV of
\nthirty-two million, four hundred and fifteen thousand naira
\n(#32,415,000.00) and forty-eight (48) pieces of imported\u00a0 furniture valued
\nat five million, one hundred and thirty-five thousand, two hundred and
\nfifty naira (#5,135,250.00).<\/p>\n
Dimka decried the ceaseless spate of smuggling in the country despite
\nspirited and frantic efforts by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) to
\nreduce to the barest minimum the nefarious business and warned those still
\nengrossed in the act to desist forthwith or be prepared to face the full
\nconsequences of their unpatriotic activities if arrested.<\/p>\n
He assured that officers and men of the service with the continued support
\nand motivation of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Alhaji Abdullahi
\nInde Dikko CFR are now fully equipped, better informed and trained to meet
\nchallenges thrown up by the excesses of the smugglers, adding that the NCS
\nwould continue to fashion out result oriented strategies and systems that
\nwould make smuggling a thing of the past in the country.<\/p>\n
DC Dimka who bemoaned the harm being inflicted on the nation\u2019s economy by
\nsmugglers and their sponsors pleaded with members of the public to always
\nassist the NCS with useful, reliable and dependable information bordering
\non all forms of smuggling so as to ease the operations of the unit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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