The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 25 cars and two articulated vehicles smuggling 11,623 cartons of poultry products.
Muhammed Inuwa, the Comptroller of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, estimated the Duty Paid Value (DPV) on the seized products to be about N48.7 million.
“This, we consider as the mother of all the seizures in the years since the customs has been involved in fighting smuggling,” he said. “One of our officers, Principal Inspector of Customs, Adamu Tabuwa, was seriously injured during the interception, but he is responding to treatment now.”
The federal government banned the importation of poultry products more than 10 years ago, but smugglers continue to move the commodity into the country through its porous borders.
Inuwa said the NCS was determined to collaborate with the other security agencies to stop the crime.
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