In a press statement by the public relations officer, FOU Zone C, Jerry Attah, he said the contrabands intercepted between July and August in the zone are worth N120billion.
Attah, in the statement said the customs area controller, Compt. Yusuf Lawal, listed other contraband seized to include 130 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice valued at N5.4milion and 2,181 cartons of foreign cosmetic products without National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control , registration numbers valued at N76million intercepted along the Okada/ Benin express way.
Other seized items are 440 cartons of Artesunate injection zensunate without NAFDAC number worth N9milion intercepted along the Okada – Benin expressway, 449 cartons of fan pop sweets worth N7.5million intercepted along the Lagos – Benin expressway and 161 jumbo bales of used clothing valued at N23million that were intercepted along the Enugu- Port -Hacourt expressway.
The comptroller who urged Nigerians to be wary of fake and smuggled products said that they are not only hazardous to human health but also to the economy of Nigeria. He added that his men and officers are fully prepared and equipped to combat all nefarious activities of smugglers especially with the festive ember months by the corner.
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