Customs impounds Indian hemp, Tramadol, others worth N15.6bn -

d other contraband goods worth N15.6 billion in the first half of 2020. This is even as the unit raised debit notes on underpayments of duty for imported goods cleared from the nation’s ports in Lagos worth N1.3 billion.

Addressing the media in Lagos, weekend, the Acting Customs Area Controller, CAC of the Unit, Usman Yahaya, said N15.6billion was generated from contrabands seized from smugglers while N1.4 billion were raised from wrong classification, transfer of value, and false declaration of cargoes. According to the CAC, the unit also intercepted a truckload of banned textile materials worth N565million naira imported from Benin Republic. He also disclosed that 18,760 bags of foreign parboiled rice smuggled into the country from Benin Republic and 64 units of exotic vehicles were intercepted and detained for duty evasion and underpayment.

“Others are 3,059 cartons of tomato paste, 10,653 cartons of frozen poultry products, 5,423 kegs of 25 liters each of vegetable oil, 56,472 bundles of printed textiles valued at N565million, 66 packs of Tramadol, 872 bales of second-hand clothing worth N61million, 11,077 cartons of frozen products worth N177million.”

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