Tag: Contraband
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How suspected smuggler tried to bribe Customs officials – NCS
The Tincan Island Port Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has noted that a suspect, Mr Boniface Ike, offered its officer a N50 million bribe for the release of his seized container. Comptroller Mr Adekunle, the Area Controller of the command, made this known at a news conference in Lagos on Monday, where…
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Customs seizes N10b contraband
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ said over the weekend that it interrupted contraband with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N10 billion. The acting Customs Area Controller of the unit, Usman Yahaya said the illegal imports comprised 34 fairly used and new vehicles which were laden with secondhand clothes,…
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Contraband: Border Patrol Team intercepts 52 trailers in Katsina
The Joint Border Drill Operation Sector 4, says it has arrested 52 trailers suspected to be conveying contraband from Niger Republic into the country. Its Coordinator, Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed, told newsmen in Katsina on Friday that the trailers would “go through scrutiny to verify their true contents”. “The trailers are carrying date palm and tiger…
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Again, customs intercept, confiscate 27 exotic vehicles, contrabands in Lagos
…Arrest 15 suspects The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit (FOU), Zone ‘ A’ Ikeja, Lagos has intercepted another 27 exotic vehicles, fake drugs and other items valued at N783.6million Fifteen smugglers, the Unit said, were arrested in connection with the seized items. The seized 27 exotic vehicles comprises of Toyota Prado, Toyata Hilux,…