The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Thursday, intercepted 14 truck load of foreign parboiled rice smuggled into the country from Benin Republic in Ogun State.
Speaking at a press conference in Lagos, the acting Customs Area Controller, Compt. Hussein Ejibunu, said the unit, collected a debit note worth N66.72million from cargo importers over under-declaration of cargoes.
The unit also disclosed that through the Federal High Court, it secured eight convictions during the last 10 months, while 48 different cases are at various stages of prosecution.
