Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized prohibited imports valued at N273.7 million in Cross River State, including vegetable oil, used tyres, second-hand clothing and petroleum products, as part of a renewed crackdown on smuggling and illegal trade.
The seizures were carried out by the Cross River/Calabar Free Trade Zone/Akwa Ibom Area Command along key smuggling corridors, where officers intensified surveillance and patrol operations targeting restricted goods entering the domestic market.
Speaking at a press briefing in Calabar on Wednesday, Giwa Dauda, the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller said the operation was aimed at protecting local industries, safeguarding jobs and enforcing Nigeria’s import prohibition policy.
He said the most significant interception involved two 20-foot containers carrying 1,996 kegs of foreign refined vegetable oil, which were stopped along the Odukpani-Calabar Highway on June 14, 2026 during a routine patrol. The shipment, concealed in a truck, had a duty paid value of N195.5 million.
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