Over a 13-month period, the Nigeria Customs Service Ogun 1 Command confiscated no fewer than 101 trailers of foreign parboiled rice.
Dera Nnadi, the Controller, made the announcement on Monday at a press conference held at the command’s headquarters in Idiroko, Ipokia Local Government Area, Ogun State.
Nnadi stated that in 2021, 96 trailer loads of rice totaling 57,758 bags of 50kg each were apprehended, while five trailer loads totaling 3,008 bags of rice were confiscated in January 2022.
The command also prohibited the illicit importation of “poultry products, used tyres, second hand clothing, dangerous drugs (tramadol and cannabis sativa), palm oil, petroleum products, assorted soaps and cream,” the NCS chief noted.
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