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Adamawa: Customs seizes donkey skin, PMS, rice as contra band goods worth over N19.4m

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Adamawa: Customs seizes donkey skin, PMS, rice as contra band goods worth over N19.4m

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The Adamawa/Taraba command of Nigeria Customs service has intercepted contra band goods worth over N19.4m in the month of August, 2023.

The Customs Area Controller Adamawa/ Taraba Command, Comptroller Salihu Abdullahi disclosed this to newsmen while displaying the seized items today in Yola. He said the ” uninterrupted combative patrol by the enforcement uninterrupted of the command, the Federal Operation unit and strong support of our intelligent unit (CIU) and (SIS) yielded the successes recorded.

According to the Comptroller, said the command in aligning with the Presidential Mandate- Security, economy, job creation, agriculture and infrastructure to develop the country will not rest on its oars until the menace of smuggling is suppressed.

The items recovered include 200 pieces of raw donkey skin and the means of conveying it, one used Mitsubishi canter, 127×50kg bags of foreign rice and 12,355 liters of premium motor spirit packed in 25 and 35 liters jerry cans worth N19,419,051.70m.

While assuring that the command will continue to fight against smuggling activities across the frontier with a view to bring it to the barest minimum he said ” the seizure of donkey skin was specially effected by the Federal Operation unit and customs intelligent unit”.

Stressing that ” exportation of Donkey skin falls under schedule 6 of Customs External Tariff (2022-2026) and section 150 of new Nigeria Customs Service Acts2023 which prohibited”.

Adding that the prohibition is in line with the Federal government’s policies for the protection of endangered species, protection of the local economy and to promote the National Forest Policy”. CAC Abdullahi added that the smugglers upon sitting the anti smuggling units abandon their snuggled goods and flee in order to escape prosecution.