Nigeria Customs seize 101 units of exotic cars worth N755.3 million

The Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Niger Area Command says it has seized more than 101 units of exotic cars, cloths, rugs and consumables worth N755.3 million in different part of the area.

According to the service, the consumables include bottle water, wines, ketchup, spaghetti, basmati rice, tomato paste, foreign parboiled rice, whipped cream, vegetable oil and others.

Presenting they seized items at the command’s headquarters, Minna before newsmen on Monday, Comptroller Abubakar Adamu said that the command had deployed measures toward ensuring that “the area becomes unbearable to any form of smuggling activities”.

According to him, 140 rolls of foreign rugs, 50 bales of second-hand clothing, 920 kegs of petrol, eight motorcycles and 200 pieces of used tyres are also seized.

“The Cumulative Duty Paid Value (DPV) for all the seized items amounted to N755,377,866,” Mr Adamu said.

The controller said that this success was recorded due to the massive intelligence deployed during the operations, adding that by applying the rules of engagement during the operations, no casualties were recorded.