​Nigeria ​Customs intercepts ​​smuggled goods worth N23​ ​million

The Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service​,​ Ikeja, on Saturday said it intercepted smuggled goods valued N23.07 million.

A statement by the unit​’s​ spokesman, Uche Ejesieme, said the goods, which consist of frozen poultry products, schools and ladies’ bags, were intercepted on Thursday.

“The anti-smuggling drive of the Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’, Ikeja, received a major boost following the seizure of smuggled frozen poultry products concealed in a specially-built compartment of a truck.

“The unit also seized 82 bales of used and new ladies’ bags and school bags,” the statement quoted Mr. Madugu as saying.

It said the Lagos Roving Patrol Team of the unit, headed by an Assistant Comptroller of Customs Adamu Abubakar, intercepted a white Mercedes Benz truck along Ajao Estate-Oshodi Expressway, suspected to be laden with the smuggled goods.

The statement said that the truck, with the suspects, was brought to the unit for further investigation.