Customs impound 1,071 cartons of poultry products worth of N5.7m

The Customs Headquarters Monitoring Team, Seme axis, has intercepted 1,071 cartons of smuggled frozen poultry products with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N5.78 million.

The Acting Controller of the Customs Federal Operations Unit (F.O.U.) Zone `A’, Ikeja, Alhaji Usman Turaki, made the disclosure in a seizure report made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.

Customs to sanction agents not making honest declarations

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Apapa Area 1 Command, has said it would sanction clearing agents that refused to make honest declarations.

Comptroller Eporwei Edike, the Customs Area Controller (CAC) of the Command, stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting in Apapa, organised to address the challenges confronting port operators.

He said that agents should make honest declarations, to reduce the time spent on inspection of goods.