FOU ‘B’ Customs Seizes ₦305M Worth Illegal Items

Ayuba Sanusi

THE Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ Kaduna has, between January and February 2023 recorded a total seizure of 130 different items at various locations in the Zone with total Duty Paid Value of ₦305,710,544.

According to a statement issued to newsmen on Wednesday and signed by the Public Relations Officer of the Unit, Superintendent of Customs Isa Sulaiman, the seized items were nine units of used vehicles, two units of Means of Conveyance, 724 bags of foreign rice, six cartons of foreign machetes, 163 jerrycans vegetable oil, and 646 cartons of foreigner Spaghetti.

Other seized items are 90 bales of foreign secondhand clothing, 569 packs of foreign unregistered pharmaceutical products, 119 packs of unregistered Tramadol, 17 sacks of foreign secondhand shoes, 7 cartons of foreign cigarettes, 147 pieces of foreign Jack knives, 50 cartons of foreign soap and 635 Kegs of Premium Motor Spirit.

The seized items were reported to have been arrested in contravention of the Federal Government policies regarding imports and exports and were deposited at various Customs formations in the Zone. 

“In line with the extant laws and guidelines, the seized Premium Motor Spirit was auctioned as directed by the NCS Headquarters, and the proceeds were remitted to the coppers of the Federal Government”, he noted.

The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Musa Ibrahim Jalo urged the communities around the border areas to provide useful information that will assist the Unit in achieving its mandate. He also tasked them to consider the operatives of the service as implementers of the Federal Government fiscal policies that are meant to improve and protect industries thereby creating employment and boosting the economy of the country.

He lauded the support of the Comptroller-General of Customs Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali Rtd. (CFR) and the entire management team to the  Operations Unit Zone ‘B’ Kaduna.