Port Terminal Multiservices Limited (PTML), Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted ammunition, foreign parboiled rice, washing machines, used tyres with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of over N28.4 million.
This was disclosed by the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the command, Comptroller Tenny Daniyan, in a press statement made available to LEADERSHIP by the Customs Public Relations officer, Mohammed Yakubu, in Lagos, at the weekend.
According to Compt. Daniyan, the command also generated a revenue of N288.3 billion from January to 6th November, 2024 which is 34.8 per cent higher than the N213.91 billion realised from January to October, 2023.
Some of the items discovered are, 40ft container, No ACLU9664782 include: 2,598 pieces of used motor tyres, 12 pieces of used washing machines, 6 pieces of used fridges, 8 pieces of used motor radiator, 36 pieces of used Rim cover, 8 pieces of used rug carpets, two pieces of used mattresses, two pieces of used wash hand basin, two bags containing used clothes, shoes and bags.
Another 40ft container , No ACLU9810594 contained 56 bags of premium parboiled rice (45.4kg each), 18 bags of Riceland parboiled rice (22.68kg each), 15 bags of premium parboiled rice (11.34kg each), 20 bags of premium parboiled rice (4.5kg each), 18 kegs of soybean vegetable oil (15.87kg each).
Other seizures were: 12 rounds of 9mm Luger FC Black ammunition and one 9mm Luger live ammunition extracted from one used Mazda CX5, 10 rounds of NIM FC 30-30 blank ammunition, two rounds of 7.62mm x 39 AK hollow ammunition.