Nigeria Customs Service Impounds Goods Valued At N1bN in Imo State

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘C’ in Owerri, the Imo State capital, confiscated over N1 billion worth of goods in six months.

 

 

Its Area Controller, David Dimka disclosed the unit seized 226 contraband with a Duty Paid Value, DPV,of N1, 016,833,292 and arrested 129 suspects between January and last month.

 

He also revealed that about 118 cases against smugglers were pending in the courts. Findings also revealed that in March, the unit recorded 63 seizures with a DPV of N337,368, 522. According to Dimka, this was the highest seizure by the unit in a month with 25 suspects held.

 

He said 37 seizures with a DPV of N176,483,600 were made in January; 40 with DPV of N136,708,650 in February; 37 with DPV of N83,302,620 in April; 42 with DPV of N141,228,100 in May and 47 seizures with DPV of N138, 341,400 last month.

 

The items seized included 210 vehicles, furniture and 296 bales of fairly used bags and suitcases worth N456,704,500; N101,805,700; N19,584,000; and N30,143,400.

 

Others, according to him, are 3,905 pieces of used tyres worth N53,502,100; 2,126 cartons of imported frozen poultry products worth N30,566,804; 1,731 bags of 50kg rice worth of N35,678,600; beverages and juice worth N72,000.