Ogun Customs intercept N3.57bn contraband, promise smugglers tougher time

The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun I Area Command, has intercepted smuggled goods worth N3.57 billion. The seizures, made from June 24 to date, included cannabis, foreign rice, sugar, fuel, fertilizer, second-hand clothing, cosmetics, and other items.

According to the Daily Post Nigeria, the Acting Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller Olukayode Afeni, stated that the seizures were part of intensified operations aimed at protecting local industries and national security. The items seized included 2,339 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 70 cartons of basmati rice, 6,035 parcels of Ghana Loud/Indica, and 30 bags of foreign sugar.

The Ogun Customs Command vowed to make Ogun border corridors “hostile” for smugglers and drug traffickers, with Afeni describing smuggling as “economic sabotage” that is killing local jobs and threatening food security.

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