The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos having intensified its anti-smuggling operations intercepted various contraband with a duty paid value (DPV) of One Billion, Two Hundred and Ninety Five Million, SixHundred Thousand, SevenHundred and Twenty Four Naira, Ninety Five Kobo only (1,295,600,724.95.
Over 95 suspects have been arrested in connection to these seizures and 475 different seizures were recorded comprising foreign parboiled rice, vegetable oil, smuggled vehicles, Indian hemp, arms, fake pharmaceutical/medicaments and various general merchandise. (See photo below)
