N2bn worth of Weapons and Contraband Seized by Customs in Kaduna.

In the recent two months, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone “B” Kaduna, said that it had seized 264 different products totaling N2 billion.
In all, 61 used cars, 18 modes of transportation, 870 pieces of foreign machetes, 98 pieces of foreign Jack knives, and other illicit goods were found scattered over the zone.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the comptroller of the command, Dalha Chedi, revealed this to reporters on Tuesday in Kaduna while displaying the zone’s scorecard.

Additional products confiscated were 2,92 Jerry cans of foreign refined vegetable oil, 2131 cartons of pasta, macaroni, and couscous, and 3,016 sacks weighing 25 and 50 kg of foreign parboiled rice.

640 bales of used apparel from abroad, 147 bags of used shoes from abroad, and 360 cartons of frozen chicken products were among the other things he cited as having been confiscated.

Likewise, the Niger/Kogi Area Command of Customs said that near the Babana-Benin Republic border, it had apprehended eleven exotic vehicles, among them a Range Rover with an unauthorized diplomatic license plate.

The command added that in November of this year, it also stopped a truck that was carrying jerry cans filled with PMS and other goods.

This was announced by Busayo Oluwagbemiga Kadejo, the Customs Area Controller for Niger/Kogi Command, while showcasing the seizures in Minna, Niger State.

According to Kadejo, the total duty-paid value of the confiscated goods was N56.6 million.

Nonetheless, he claimed that the command had received N10 million in income in November.

He said that criminals, including kidnappers, were using the cars with fictitious diplomatic license plates as a means of eluding capture.

According to him, the command seized over 317 packets of compressed cannabis sativa weighing 253.6 kg and believed to be worth N20.6 million early this year.

He also said that the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps had seized a truck carrying locomotive shoes belonging to the Nigeria Railway Corporation.