contraband

Contraband valued at sum of N42.12 Million have been seized by Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, (NCS , FOU) Federal Operations Unit, Zone D, Bauchi, between February 1st and May 7th, 2019 with a warning on smugglers to…

THE Nigeria Customs Service Strike Force has intercepted 49 vehicles and other contraband with duty paid value of N126.8 million in Zone B. The National Coordinator of the strike force, Abdullahi Kirawa, a Deputy Controller, made the…

THE Nigeria Customs Service has impounded five vehicles with contraband items valued at N50, 237, 400. The Comptroller, Federal Operations Unit, Zone "D" comprising of Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Taraba, Bauchi, Gombe, Plateau, Benue and…

THE Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted banned contraband worth N1,188,090,009 between June and July 2018. This is even as the Unit said it arrested 10 suspects in connection with 143…

THE Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, Lagos has arrested 95 suspects in connection to 475 seizures within the first half of 2017. This is even as the Unit collected N2,582,331,396.9 on interceptions and…

The Western Marine Command (WMC) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Lagos, has intercepted contraband consisting of rice, clothes and frozen chicken valued N15.37 million. The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Sarkin Kebbi, made this…

THE Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ikeja says it intercepted contraband with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N334 million between April 1 and June 12. The command said it also recovered N273.6 million from…

THE chairman of the Oyo State Pilgrims’ Welfare Board (Muslim Wing), Alhaji Taofeek Akeugbagold, has warned pilgrims to avoid taking contraband along with them on the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, especially kola nuts and drugs, saying that the…

The Headquarters compliance team ‘C’ Ogun/Oyo axis of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has revealed that it has been involved in series of remarkable seizures, despite the hostility of smugglers. These revelations were made by the team…