A truck laden with suspected prohibited goods has been intercepted by men of the Nigeria Customs Services Headquarters, Special Assignment Team ‘C’ in Ogun State axis.
The seizure was made known to reporters on Wednesday by the head of the Headquarters, Assistant Comptroller of Customs Shittu Almarof.
The Customs boss said that the strengthened anti-smuggling strategy and aggressive patrol exercise was targeted at the degradation of smugglers.
The patrol team, led by Chief Superintendent of Customs, Ismaila Umar, while on routine patrol along the Sagamu-Benin Expressway, intercepted a Volvo truck with registration number LND 298 XN.
When the truck was brought down to the Headquarters of Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ in Ikeja, the capital of Lagos State for physical examination, it was confirmed that the truck had 785 cartons of smuggled frozen poultry products.
The poultry were concealed with 478 cartons of frozen fish with Duty Paid Value of 9.975 million Naira.
Mr Almarof advised smugglers to engage in other legal businesses or they would continue to lose their investments to such operations.