A Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service in Ikeja, Lagos, announced that it seized 150 cartons of bulletproof jackets worth N1.687bn on Thursday.
Each carton contains 10 packs of the jacket, adding that these contrabands were seized in June.
The Customs Area Controller in charge of the unit, Kola Oladeji, explained that the contrabands were seized along the Ijebuode-Sagamu Expressway in Ogun State.
Oladeji said that under Schedule 4 of the Customs Common External Tariff, the importation of all kinds of military wares by individuals was under absolute prohibition.
Oladeji explained that under Schedule 4 of the Customs Common External Tariff, the importation of all kinds of military wares by individuals was under absolute prohibition.
“An end-user certificate is required for the importation of controlled items and products into Nigeria and it comes from the Office of the National Security Adviser,” Oladeji said.
Oladeji vowed that the unit was working on credible intelligence to get the importers of these contrabands.
“These seizures were unique because it was a breach of security, no end-user-certificate.
“Because you get the certificate before you can bring your cargo and if you bring it after importation we will arrest you,” he said.
“Other items seized include, 343,750 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, 7,150 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 32 units of used vehicles, 120 bags of sugar, 3,560 cartons of poultry products,” the Oladeji said.
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