The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ have intercepted about 2,590 cartons of different poultry foods with a Duty Paid value (DPV) of over N15 million.
Dan Ugo, controller of the unit, while taking some representatives osf the Nigerian Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) round the destruction site revealed that the command captured made use of intelligence based information to capture the smugglers and got hold of the contraband goods.
According to him, the urgent need to protect local farmers and create jobs for Nigerian youths informed the latest seizure, thus, “the unit is determined to enforce full compliance with the headquarters’ directive on zero tolerance for the importation of poultry products”.
He assured Nigerians that the unit will ensure the sustenance of the campaign aimed at suppressing smuggling to its barest minimum. He further advised importers of the poultry foods to venture into more reasonable enterprise in order to avoid financial losses from that may arise from seizure.
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