Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it made seizures of various items worth N54 million with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) from June to date in Zone B, covering the Kano/Jigawa axis.
The Coordinator of the Comptroller General of Customs (CGC) Strike Force Zone B, DC Oseni Aliyu-Olorukoba, disclosed this on Tuesday, at a news briefing on the unit’s achievements, adding that the seizures items included five vehicles, two motorcycles, 20 bales of second-hand clothes, 50 jerry cans of foreign vegetation oil, 279 bags of foreign rice, 675 cartons of foreign tomatoes and 1,517 cartons of foreign soap.
“Pursuant to the CGC’s zero-tolerance policy on smuggling, the CGC Strike Force, Zone B, is here to carry out the CGC’s order to ensure that we stamp out any manner of smuggling along Kano/Jigawa axis.
“This is a warning to any would-be smugglers to put a stop because there is nowhere for them to hide. Such groups will not only lose their investments but also be arrested and charged to court for prosecution,” he said.
Aliyu-Olorukoba decried incessant attacks on NCS personnel while on duty by suspected smugglers, saying that the media should intensify their efforts at enlightening the public on the dangers associated with smuggling.
He also urged traditional rulers in the area to help enlighten their subjects to understand that smuggling was an act of sabotage of the nation’s development and revenue drive.
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