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We Confiscated Contraband Worth N510.92m In Two Months – Nigeria Customs

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Federal Operations Unit Zone C, says it confiscated contrabands with a Duty Paid Value, DPV, of N510.92 million between July 15th and September 15th, 2024.

The zone covers the six states in the South-South geopolitical zone and the five states in the Southeast geopolitical zone.

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The Public Relations Officer, NCS, Zone C, Jerry Attah , made this known in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday.

The statement said that Comptroller Michael Ugbagu, NCS, Zone C, gave the statistics while showcasing the seized contraband to relevant regulatory agencies at the Government Warehouse in Edo.

Ugbagu said that the zone also recovered the sum of N25.57 million from demand notices raised based on some infractions noticed, making a cumulative sum of N536.49 million recorded within the months under review.

“The DPV was derived from our seized goods, which include 49,699 sachets of various brands of tramadol and 3,350 bottles of various cough syrups with codeine without an NAFDAC number.

“1,015 sacks of dry donkey meat and skin, 75 jumbo bales of second-hand clothing, 463 cartons of foreign spaghetti, 269 pieces of used pneumatic tires, and 56 cartons of smuggled foreign tomato paste.

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“More worrisome is the interception of 49,699 sachets of various brands of tramadol and 3,350 bottles of various cough syrups with codeine without NAFDAC registration numbers,” he said.

He noted that the cough syrup with codeine and tramadol without NAFDAC registration numbers, if not intercepted, could have had adverse effects on youths.

He added that the items were mostly intercepted along the Ewu-Okada/Benin expressways based on credible intelligence.

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