The Zone ‘A’ unit of the Controller General of Customs Strike Force has in its bid to encourage legitimate business practices and to deter people from engaging in illegal trade made more seizures in the two months of October and November.
The coordinator of the Strike Force, Deputy Comptroller Yusuf, M. S. while addressing the press at the premises of the unit in Ikeja indicated that “The unit has remained resolute and undeterred in spite of all the challenges confronting them at enforcing the government’s policies and Customs extant laws”
DC Yusuf noted that the seizures made over the period are testament to the commitment of the officers of the unit in the discharge of their responsibilities. He listed the items seized as 1010x50kg bags of foreign parboiled rice, 376.4kg of pangolin scales, 100 cartons of red wine, 40kg of Cannabis Sativa, 58 bales of used clothing and 35 units of 25 litres of of jerry cans containing premium motor spirit. All the items have a duty paid value of One point nine Billion Naira only.
The coordinator spoke against the deplorable act of killing pangolins for their scales as he said that the act of killing these endangered species affect the balance of nature.
DC Yusuf revealed that three suspects were arrested within the period of seizures, but were granted administrative bail as He hopes that these arrests and seizures would deter people from engaging in these nefarious activities.
