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Nigeria's Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja, intercepted 11 imported used vehicles and other contraband worth N854 million in January. The command recorded a total of 60 seizures, including different contraband. Smuggling is a crime involving false declaration, concealment of goods, unapproved routes, forging customs documents, willful underpayment of duties, and trafficking in prohibited or restricted goods. In 2023, FOU Zone A made 1,119 different seizures, 136 arrests, and 16 convictions, for a total duty-paid value of N10bn. In the first month of this year, 10 suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures. Other items seized included 3,653 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 23,025 litres of petroleum motor spirit, 241 bales of used clothes, and 1,490 kg of Indian hemp. The Customs Area Controller (CAC) called for more collaboration and partnership with stakeholders in the area of information sharing and intelligence to fight smuggling.

Nigeria's Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja, intercepted 11 imported used vehicles and other contraband worth N854 million in January. The command recorded a total of 60 seizures, including different contraband. Smuggling is a crime involving false declaration, concealment of goods, unapproved routes, forging customs documents, willful underpayment of duties, and trafficking in prohibited or restricted goods. In 2023, FOU Zone A made 1,119 different seizures, 136 arrests, and 16 convictions, for a total duty-paid value of N10bn. In the first month of this year, 10 suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures. Other items seized included 3,653 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 23,025 litres of petroleum motor spirit, 241 bales of used clothes, and 1,490 kg of Indian hemp. The Customs Area Controller (CAC) called for more collaboration and partnership with stakeholders in the area of information sharing and intelligence to fight smuggling.

Nigeria's Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja, intercepted 11 imported used vehicles and other contraband worth N854 million in January. The command recorded a total of 60 seizures, including different contraband. Smuggling is a crime involving false declaration, concealment of goods, unapproved routes, forging customs documents, willful underpayment of duties, and trafficking in prohibited or restricted goods. In 2023, FOU Zone A made 1,119 different seizures, 136 arrests, and 16 convictions, for a total duty-paid value of N10bn. In the first month of this year, 10 suspects were arrested in connection with the seizures. Other items seized included 3,653 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 23,025 litres of petroleum motor spirit, 241 bales of used clothes, and 1,490 kg of Indian hemp. The Customs Area Controller (CAC) called for more collaboration and partnership with stakeholders in the area of information sharing and intelligence to fight smuggling.