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Customs impounds armoured vehicle, rice hidden in crates, others worth over N318m

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ (FOUC) said it has seized an armoured Lexus LX570 Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) without an End-User Certificate and other contraband goods worth N318 million. Mr. Ali Ibrahim, the FOUC Comptroller said this in Owerri, the Imo State capital, when he showcased the seized items before newsmen yesterday. Ibrahim listed other seized items to include eight other vehicles worth N158 million and 294 bags of foreign parboiled rice concealed with RC minerals worth N11,760,000. Other seized items are 304 pieces of used tyres worth N4,560,000, 657 jumbo bales of used clothing worth N131,400,000 and 32,500 litres of Automotive Gas Oil popularly known as Diesel concealed in 650 jumbo sacks worth N11,700,000.

Ibrahim said that the seized goods were intercepted along different routes which include the Umuikaa/Aba, Okada/Benin, Benin/ Auchi and Enugu/Obollo roads with seven suspects arrested. He thanked the Comptroller-General, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd) for his logistics support to the Zone and pledged to justify the confidence reposed in him. He urged Nigerians to support the Service in its advocacy against smuggling while warning smugglers to stay off the South-East and South-South geo-political zones, his areas of jurisdiction. His words: “We recorded this sterling feat between Oct. 14, 2021 when I took over as FOUC Comp-troller and Nov. 13, 2021 largely due to the leadership style of the Comptroller-General and the entire management team of the Service,” he said.

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