Tag: Interception

Customs FOU A Intercepts $20,000, CFA10,000 
July 17, 2025 No Responses

Customs FOU A Intercepts $20,000, CFA10,000 

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A, has recorded a significant breakthrough in its ongoing efforts to combat the movement of illicit financial flows within the country.   This was disclosed by the Comptroller of the Unit, Comptroller...
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Patrol Team Intercepts 415 Bags Of Smuggled Rice on Badagry waterways
September 11, 2022 No Responses

Patrol Team Intercepts 415 Bags Of Smuggled Rice on Badagry waterways

The Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT), Sector 2 South-West, Lagos, has intercepted 415 bags of 50kg rice loaded inside two boats smuggled into the country on Badagry waterways. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that JBPT comprises officers of Nigeria...
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Customs FOU Intercepts N7.8b Contraband In 2021
January 13, 2022 No Responses

Customs FOU Intercepts N7.8b Contraband In 2021

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, on Wednesday said it intercepted contraband from Benin Republic worth N7.813 billion in 2021.  The acting Customs Area Controller of the Unit, Deputy Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, said thi...
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Customs Intercepts N71m Cash
November 29, 2021 No Responses

Customs Intercepts N71m Cash

The Katsina State Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a vehicle loaded with more than N71 million.    Briefing Journalists on Monday, Acting Controller at the command, Alhaji Dalhat Wada-Chedi, said: “We intercepted the mo...
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Nigerian Navy Intercepts 32.9kg Cocaine Aboard Vessel
October 14, 2021 No Responses

Nigerian Navy Intercepts 32.9kg Cocaine Aboard Vessel

The Nigerian Navy has intercepted 32.9kg of cocaine wrapped in 30 slabs aboard Motor Vessel (MV) Chayanee Naree.   Briefing Journalists on Thursday in Lagos, the Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Commodore Bashir Mohammed, explained that ...
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Customs Impounds Four Containers Of N373.5m Wood
July 8, 2021 No Responses

Customs Impounds Four Containers Of N373.5m Wood

The Controller General of Customs Strike Force,  Team A, on Wednesday disclosed that it intercepted four container loads of unprocessed woods valued at N373.5 million. The unprocessed woods were about being shipped out of the country to Asia when it...
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NDLEA Intercepts 100,000 Bottles Of Codeine Syrup At Onne Port
June 13, 2021 No Responses

NDLEA Intercepts 100,000 Bottles Of Codeine Syrup At Onne Port

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has intercepted and seized no fewer than 100,000 bottles of codeine syrup with a total weight of 15,325 kgs at the Onne seaport, Port Harcourt, Rivers state. NDLEA Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr...
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Customs Strike Force Intercepts 513 Bags Of Foreign Rice
April 21, 2021 No Responses

Customs Strike Force Intercepts 513 Bags Of Foreign Rice

The Nigeria Customs Service, Zone B Strike Force Team  has intercepted 513 bags of 50kg foreign rice from smugglers.  The Coordinator of the Team, DC Oseni Olorukooba, while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Ilorin, explained that the seizures with...
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