Nigeria Customs Destroy Cartons Of Turkey Worth Over 30M Naira
impounded and destroyed 4,635 cartoons of frozen turkey chicken with
cumulative duty paid value of 30,000, 595 Naira.
Conducting reporters round the seizure at the Abia/Imo command
headquarters of the FOU Zone C in Owerri, the Imo State capital, the
Area Comptroller of the Zone, Mr Victor Dimka, said that two suspects
have been arrested in connection with the seizures and would be taken
to court for further prosecution.
He warned all smugglers and would-be smugglers to desist from such
heinous crime as the Nigeria Customs Service are committed to ensuring
that smuggling is totally eradicated in the country.
The Area Comptroller said that the suspects were apprehended along
Calabar axis as a result of the intelligent information gathered by
his men who were determined to wipe out smuggling from Nigeria.
The customs boss further led a team of customs officials, officials of
the SSS, NAFDAC and NESREA to the site where the frozen turkey chicken
were being destroyed.
Some of the officials of the NESREA, who witnessed the destruction,
advised the general public to stop consuming foreign frozen foods
because the preservation chemicals were dangerous to human health.
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