The Ogun 1 Area command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it has intercepted three single barrel long guns, four packets of 25 cartridges of 100 pieces of cartridges.
The Command Area Controller, Comptroller Mohammed Shuaibu, who disclosed this on Tuesday while giving account of the command's stewardship for the first quarter of 2025, said the command also seized cannabis sativa of different sizes.
He said, the relentless anti-smuggling campaign of the command has continued to improve its seizure profile, stressing that the command’s intensive and intelligence based anti-smuggling operations resulted to 161 seizures.
According to Shuaibu, the seized contrabands included 150 Sacks of india hemp of various sizes, 10 cartons of Amoxicillin capsules
7, 242 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 4 used vehicles, 20 bags of imported sugar, 20 bags flour powder and 50 bags of POP cement.
Others are 22 vehicles (means of conveyance), 534 cannabis sativa of booklet sizes, 239 cannabis sativa of bread sizes, 2,926 cannabis sativa of coconut sizes, two sacks of cowries, 12 cartons of Ghana soap, 843 pieces of pneumatics used tyres and 535 kegs of PMS of 25 liters each.
Shuaibu noted that the seizures were made at different locations such as Abeokuta, Ilaro and Ipokia/Idiroko, among others".
He added that "the cumulative duty paid value (DPV) for all the above seizures amounted to Three Hundred and Fourteen Million Fifty Seven Thousand Seven Hundred and Sixteen Naira (N 314, 057,716)"
In the area of revenue generation,
"during the period under review, the Command collected a total sum of forty three million, four hundred and twelve thousand, seven hundred and ninety four Naira (N43, 412,794.00) from import duty and auction sales of petroleum products (PMS) intercepted during anti-smuggling operations", he said.
"I will like to reiterate that the revenue activity of the command comprises importation and exportation of legitimate goods, goods under the ECOWAS Trade Liberalization Scheme (ETLS) and assessment of merchandise in baggage".
"This amount surpasses what was generated same period last year 2024, with seven million six hundred and six thousand two Hundred and thirty two Naira (N7, 606,232.00)"
"The Command is committed to facilitating legitimate trade. We value the business community and their contribution to the economy of the nation. We assure them of our continuous support in all aspect of their trading activities. However, we urge them to avoid any form of illicit trade that could adversely affect the economy and tarnish their reputation".
"Within the period under review, the command processed 329.6 metric tonnes of export consignments with Free on Board Value of two hundred and sixty six million, nine hundred and sixty six thousand six hundred and forty two Naira (N 266,966,642 from January to March 2025".
While reiterating the Command commitment to its mandate of suppression of smuggling and other illicit activities inimical to the economic growth of the great country, Shuaibu called for the cooperation of well-meaning and patriotic Nigerians in providing useful information against economic sabotage for the sake of the nation’s development.
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