Contraband worth N1.1billion were impounded between the middle of last month and the middle of this month by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), its Area Controller Mohammed Uba, said yesterday.
He told reporters at the unit’s Ikeja, Lagos command that among the seized items were 21 exotic vehicles and one Iveco Truck with registration number LAM283 LG carrying 498 cartons of CSP Codeine Cough Syrup 100ml with each carton containing 200 bottles.
The drugs, according to him, is valued at over N199millin with two suspects in their custody. The drugs and the suspects, he said, would be handed over to the appropriate security agencies for further investigation and possible prosecution. A total of 10 suspects were arrested in connection with 143 seizures.
The seized items include 21 exotic vehicles, 9,504 bags of foreign parboiled rice 436 Jerry cans of vegetable oil, 333 cartons of frozen poultry products, 287 bales of used clothing, and 198 pieces of used tyres, among others
The vehicles include one Mercedes benz G-500 (2016 model), six Toyota Hiace Bus (2018 model), three Lexus Jeep GX460and Lx570 (2017 model), one Toyota Hilux (2017 model), one Toyota Land Cruiser Prado, (2016 model), one Toyota Hilux bulletproof (2014 model) , one Toyota Corolla (2018 model), two Toyota Camry (2016 model) one Honda Civic (2016 model), one Honda Accord (2016model), one Dodge Charger (2016 model), among others.