Customs Service Destroys Seized Poultry Products Worth N14M In Edo State

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The Nigerian Customs Service on Sunday in Benin destroyed imported products of 14 million

The Nigeria News Agency (NAN) reports that the poultry products were packed in 2,750 boxes and transported by a Dangote truck with the registration number XC 449 GML when it was stopped.
The NAN also reports that the shipment was intercepted by the Comptroller General of the Customs Control Team led by the area C officer, Assistant Comptroller Musa Oseni, on Friday.
Regarding destruction monitoring, the national coordinator of the comptroller general's control team, Customs Commissioner Ahmed Azarema, said the exercise was in line with the federal government's directive on the importation of banned poultry products.

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Azarema said the directive should be implemented and called on all to educate members of the public to do business lawfully and not smuggling.
The National Coordinator also inspected three seized trucks containing 640 bags of foreign rice, 1,147 boxes of unauthorized and unconverted drugs and three cars and auto spare parts.
He revealed that the trucks were seized on May 17, May 5 and May 3, adding that items would be auctioned in accordance with the law in the shortest possible time.