Two trucks carrying 843 cartons of fake drugs and another containing furniture and furniture components with a Duty Paid Value of N226,830,000 has been seized by the Nigerian Customs Service.
Dimka showing the seized goods to newsmen
While briefing journalists at the premises of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Imo-Abia Command, Owerri, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller David Dimka, said that the Federal Operations Unit, Zone 'C' in Owerri, Imo State, has seized two trucks carrying 843 cartons of fake drugs and another containing furniture and furniture components with a Duty Paid Value of N226,830,000.
The consignments were confiscated on Eleme-Aba road on September 22, 2015 and includes cartons of imported fake drugs comprised of packs of fake Lubumol and 153 packs of Tramodol analgesics, amounting to a DPV of N163,260,000.
He revealed that the officers of the unit who monitored the nefarious activities of the die-hard smugglers, equally seized 303 cartons of glass dining table, 1,936 pieces of side stool with a DPV of N63,120,000.
"We are worried at the upsurge of smuggling in this country despite the obvious penalties for culprits. The NCS is not sleeping and will ever remain awake to its responsibilities and the persistent cases of smuggling shows how terrible, greedy, and deviant people can be.
Since the smugglers have learnt how to fly without perching, we, with the NCS have also learnt how to shoot without missing," Dimka said.
Dimka handed over the drugs to the Director-General of the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control, Dr. Paul Orhii, through the Imo State Coordinator, Mr. Mmamel Victor, for further investigation and action.