Customs Zone-D Seizes N468m Contrabands In Kebbi

Contrabands with cumulative duty paid value (DPV) at N468,341,430 have been seized by the Anti-Smuggling Squad of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘D’ of the Nigerian Customs Services (NCS) in Bauchi.

The operations were carried out from 1st September to 15th December, 2022 as disclosed by comptroller in charge of the zone, Musa Ibrahim Jalo, during a press briefing in Bauchi, yesterday.

He said the Unit is saddled with the responsibility of enforcing Customs laws, implementing government fiscal policies and suppression of smuggling within the zone.

Jalo stated that for the period under review, the unit made a total of 60 seizures prominent among which were petroleum products.

The NCS chief said that in an effort to stem the tide against the smuggling of petroleum products considering the present scarcity of the commodity in the country, the Unit successfully intercepted 2209 jerry cans of Premium Motor Spirit (pms) in 25 litres each.

Another 149 drums of PMS, 250 litres each and 49 jerry cans of automotive gas oil 25 litres each were seized from smugglers.

“In summary, the unit intercepted 93,700 litres of petroleum products within the period under review,’’ he said.

He also disclosed that under the protection of Endangered Species and in line with the strategic role of Customs in enforcing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES), which is also in line with the Schedule 6 of the ECOWAS Common External Tariff (CET) 2022-2026, the Unit was able to intercept 4 sacks of Pangolin scales weighing 165kg.