The Federal Operations Unit Zone C, Owerri of
Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has intercepted and
detained a huge consignment of medicaments
with a duty paid value of N178.2 million.

The command also recorded 17 seizures of
contraband items with duty paid value of N112.6
million, bringing the revenue figures to N250.9
million in March 2017. The Customs Area Controller of the command,
Comptroller Mohammed Garba, who disclosed
this added that the unit recovered N48.7million as
underpayments in the same period. He said: “The medicaments include 268 cartons
of Tramadol, 202 cartons of Pullegra, 36 cartons
of Reall Octra, 928 packets of Tramadol. A sample
of the various medicaments has been sent to the
National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration
and Control, NAFDAC, for tests and verification while the consignment is being detained for
further investigations. Giving a breakdown of the seizures, he said: “Rice
topped the list of seized items with a total of
2,455 bags worth N77.5 million, 1,266 footwears
worth N6 million, used tyres worth N3.7 million,
used shoes with duty paid value of N8 million and
40 bales of used clothings with duty paid value of N5.2 million. The unit also made seizure of three vehicles
estimated at N4 million.” He advised smugglers as well as fraudulent
importers to channel their resources towards
legitimate trade and economic ventures, as the
NCS and indeed the zone, will not renege on its
statutory functions of suppression smuggling.
www.vanguardngr.com/2017/04/customs-intercepts-n178-2m-worth-drugs/

Igbo businessmen and fake drugs all the time. Haba!

SFSNIPER:
Igbo businessmen and fake drugs all the time. Haba!

All business men in nigeria are now ibo's.? Check mate.

ztanleechima:
All business men in nigeria are now ibo's.? Check mate.

Not all businessmen. But Bros we know the obvious. No offence, sorry.

So the person that collected Duty payment on the said drugs didn't send sample to Nafdac before accepting duty.
Na now Their head wake up.


Custom
#weldon Sir

Blame your men at border post. do not shift the underpayment on the importer.. your men connived..