Customs seizes imported fake drugs worth NOK 1 billion in Oyo
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The Oyo-Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has intercepted and seized fake narcotics smuggling worth N1 billion along Bakatari area, Omi Adio, Ibadan state.
The Command Regional Controller, Mr. Ben Olamargo, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Ibadan on Friday.
The command said it was an enforcement-focused command that prioritized combating smuggling in all its operations.
According to Customs, the duty paid value (DPV) of the seized fake medicines was NOK 1,739 billion in the 2024 financial year alone.
Mr. Olamargo said that the NCS, through its regional commands, aims to alleviate the difficulties experienced as a result of economic sabotage in some parts of the country, and to control prohibited goods, including items that pose a threat to economic stability and the lives of citizens. He added that they were also successful in intercepting and confiscating. citizens of that country.
“For the period January 19, 2024 to February 2024, the command ordered the following contraband items: 345 (50 kg) bags of foreign parboiled rice valued at N24,218,000, Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, 344 (25 liter) barrels. , equivalent items were seized: N5,728,500.00, Indian hemp, 4 wraps (4 kg), worth N126, 000.00, used tires, 1309 pieces, worth N70, 140,000,00, used clothes and shoes, 45 bags/, 8 bags. /9 bags, bales, equivalent N32,400,000.00/N10,320,000,00.”
“Fake medicines, Augmentin tablets (625mg), 7 bags, worth N819,000,000, Ampicrox, 22 bags, worth N440,000,000, Amoxicillin capsules, 24 bags, worth N480,000,000, foreign wine, 34 bags carton, 5 bottles, N6,231,206 ,00 worth, foreign vegetable oil, 40 bottles (5 liters) worth N1,760,000,00, 21 bottles (1 liter) worth N99,225,00, totaling N1,890,022,931.00,” he said.
He reiterated the command's commitment to address the ongoing economic challenges by supporting the federal government to strengthen food security in the country.
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