The Federal Operations Unit, FOU Zone “B” of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS Kaduna, has seized a container truck conveying 37 bales and 4 rolls of Nigeria Police camouflage uniforms.
The Comptroller of the Zone, Mr Chedi Wada, stated this on Thursday in Kaduna when he briefed journalists on its seizures inside November and December 31 ,2023.
He stated that inside the interval below evaluation, 71 seizures of 12 completely different objects had been made at varied areas within the zone, which had been of grave implications to the well being and security of Nigerians.
Wada stated that the operatives of the unit arrested a container truck primarily based on credible intelligence alongside Lokoja-Abuja expressway.
It was suspected to be conveying prohibited objects and 4 suspects had been arrested in reference to the seizure.
In response to Wada, the seizures made through the interval had been in achievement of the unit’s pledge to make sure full compliance with the Federal Authorities’s directives on the closure of all land borders with Niger republic.
He defined that the seizures had been important contemplating the character of the objects and the opportunity of using them for nefarious actions by unscrupulous parts.
Wada stated, “The seized police camouflage uniforms, the 4 suspects along with the technique of conveyance had been all handed over to the State Director, DSS, Kaduna State Command on Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023 for additional investigation and doable prosecution.”
He stated that the seizures made in numerous elements of the Zone had a Responsibility Paid Worth of N406.9million.
Wada, who gave a breakdown of things seized, stated the eight used autos and two technique of conveyance had been impounded through the interval.
In response to him, the unit additionally seized 195 luggage of international parboiled rice (50kg every), 877 jerry-cans (25 litres every) of petrol.
In response to him, they’ve been auctioned and the proceeds remitted to the coffers of the Federal Authorities.
Different seizures made through the interval had been 240 bales of international second hand clothes, 10 jerry-cans of international refined vegetable oil (25 litres every).