The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun I Area Command, has intercepted smuggled goods worth N3.57 billion in duty-paid value.
The agency vowed to make Ogun border corridors “hostile” for smugglers and drug traffickers.
The Acting Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller Olukayode Afeni, disclosed this on Thursday during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Idiroko.
He stated that the seizures were part of intensified operations from June 24 to date aimed at protecting local industries and national security.
Among the items seized were 2,339 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 70 cartons of basmati rice, 6,035 parcels of Ghana Loud/Indica, 30 bags of foreign sugar(50kg), 11,450 litres of PMS in kegs, 1,750 litres in drums, 30 kegs of diesel, 100 bags of fertilizer and 67 bales of second-hand clothing.
Other items include 47 cartons of cosmetics, 36 packages of hair accessories, 2,674 pieces of new trousers/shorts, 3,760 pieces of new tops,
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