The Federal
Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has announced the
seizure of 31 exotic vehicles.
Also
impounded were 14 trailers of foreign parboiled rice, containing 8,400 bags.
T
he unit’s Area Controller, Mohammed Uba, paraded the items in Lagos yesterday.
He disclosed
that the vehicles include: four Rolls Royce, one Porsche Panamera, one Jaguar,
one Bentley and two Lexus jeeps
Others are
two G-Wagons, one Toyota Land Cruiser, five Toyota Corolla and seven Mercedes
Benz cars, mostly of the 2017 model.
He said the
vehicles were seized for avoiding duty payments, adding that some of the
assorted vehicles with duty paid value of N1.4 billion were intercepted along
Ijebu Ode Expressway.
Others were
evacuated at various raids in Parkview Estate, Victorial Island, Banana Island,
Alhaji Bankole Crescent, Ikeja and Tola Adewunmi Street, Maryland.
“We urge the
owners of these vehicles to come forward with valid Customs clearance
documents, otherwise they would be liable to seizure and subsequent forfeiture
to the Federal Government.
“Our action
is in-line with the provisions of Sections 147 of the Customs and Excise
Management Act (CEMA) Cap 45, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 (power to
search premises), and Section 158 of CEMA, Cap 45 Laws of Federation of Nigeria
(power to patrol freely),” he said.
He disclosed
that the unit had intercepted various contrabands with a duty paid value of
N1.6 billion in January 2018.
Uba added
that the unit also recovered N91million in the month under review, thereby
making a cumulative of N1.7 billion.
He listed
other impounded goods to include 1,652 cartons of frozen poultry products, 835
jerry cans of vegetable oil, 10 bags of Indian Hemp, 2,208 pieces of used tyres
and 159 bales of used clothing.
“It is our
obligation to support the Federal Government’s policy on rice, encourage local
farmers, the millers and patronise our own nutritional rice, which by
implication would create employment opportunities for our youth,” he said.
Also seized
were a 1/20ft container, No. GATU132358/4 for carrying 537 cartons of Indian
Whisky as against yeast declared.
The second
was a 1/40ft container, No TCLU172184/3, which was seized for carrying 60
pieces of used chest freezers and 570 bundles of gas hose, as against condenser
for steam polysomic.
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