The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, has intercepted no fewer than 5, 420 bags of smuggled rice and other contraband.
The Controller of the command, Bamidele Makinde, disclosed this yesterday while briefing newsmen in Abeokuta attributed the feat to the combination of strategic enforcement measures and effective use of intelligence.
The customs boss disclosed that the rice was impounded between February 9 and March 21.
According to him, the total duty paid value of all seized goods is N143,905,508.
Makinde noted that other seizures made within the period include 133 sacks and 181 wraps (book size) of cannabis sativa, 18 units of vehicles, 13 kegs of vegetable oil, 8 bales of 19 small ‘Ghana-must-go bags’ and two sacks of second-hand clothes.
Makinde added that 25 sacks and 4 bags of used shoes, 880 cartons of frozen poultry products, and 26,725 litres of PMS were also seized from smugglers.