The Oyo/Osun Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted over 3,000 bags of rice and other items in the first quarter of the 2020, the Comptroller in charge of the command, Helen Ngozi, has said.
She said the command had also arrested 63 persons in connection with smuggling of some prohibited items into the country.
The comptroller said the command also generated more than N20 billion between January and April this year.
Other goods intercepted by the command are 13 kegs of vegetable oil, 44 gallons of vegetable oil, 20 units of used tyres, 310 drums of 100 litres of petrol, 180 kegs of petrol and 180 bales of second hand clothing materials and other items.
The comptroller who made the disclosures at a press briefing to showcase the command’s achievement in the first quarter of the year noted that the sixty- three suspects were arrested at various locations within the command area of coverage.
She noted that the men of the command carried out the anti-smuggling activities with utmost professionalism.
She noted that the cumulative duty paid value of all the seizures including means of conveyance from January to April is put at N312 million.
