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Customs FOU Zone C intercepts contraband worth N5.35bn in 2023 

Customs FOU Zone C intercepts contraband worth N5.35bn in 2023 

 

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone C, Owerri, recovered N5.5 billion from smugglers and fraudulent importers from January to December, 2023.

The customs anti-smuggling unit said it intercepted contraband worth over N5.35 billion from smugglers and N152 million from importers “who made under-declaration at seaports in the year under review”.

The FOU Zone C, which has Comptroller Kayode Kolade as its Customs Area Controller, covers anti-smuggling operations in the south-east and south-south regions of the country.

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