Apapa customs seizes illegal Goods, Including Two Stolen Lexus Cars from Canada

• The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service intercepted 2 stolen vehicles from Canada and seized amerciable goods worthy implicit N3.247 billion, including codeine syrup, and others
• Comptroller Babatunde Olomu revealed that six containers were recovered with falsely declared oregon prohibited items and highlighted that the seizures were made done planetary and inter-agency cooperation
• As of May 21, 2025, the Command has generated implicit N1.094 trillion successful revenue, with strict surveillance measures inactive successful spot astatine Apapa Port to combat smuggling and amerciable activities

Legit.ng writer Zainab Iwayemi has 5-year-experience covering the Economy, Technology, and Capital Market.

The Apapa Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 2 stolen automobiles imported from Canada.

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The Service besides confiscated amerciable commodities worthy implicit N3.247 billion, including ample quantities of codeine syrup, counterfeit medications, cosmetics, and utilized apparel.

During a quality league connected Thursday, Comptroller Babatunde Olomu, the Customs Area Controller, said that the vehicles were smuggled done the Apapa Seaport successful a 40-foot instrumentality and were mistakenly declared arsenic nutrient items.

“The instrumentality marked MRKU 0904594 (40 FT) was recovered to incorporate 2 stolen vehicles from Canada. A 2024 exemplary Lexus RX 450 with chassis fig JTJCJNGA6R2017707 and a 2023 Lexus RX 350 with chassis fig 2T2BAMCAPCO32741 were falsely declared as nutrient items,” Olomu stated.

According to him, the Command besides discovered 5 further containers filled with amerciable and fraudulently declared items, specified arsenic utilized clothing, codeine syrup, and unregistered pharmaceuticals.

“As a effect of our painstaking efforts, we precocious uncovered six containers laden with prohibited items, mostly unregistered pharmaceuticals. "Other items successful the seized containers see cosmetics, utilized clothing, and 2 vehicles illegally imported into the country. These seizures are worthy a full DPV of N3.247 billion,” helium said.

Providing details of the seizures, Olomu added:

“Container No. SUDU 8685733 (40 FT) contained 1,698 RTPL CSC cough syrup bottles with codeine concealed successful 202 packages of h2o closets.“Container No. MRSU 4846204 (40 FT) carried 1,690 cartons of codeine syrup concealed successful toilet seats, with a thoroughfare worth of N2.7 billion.“Container No. ONEU 1153150 (40 FT) held 1,584 packages of Globatin anti-marks and 30g Clobetasol cream, falsely declared arsenic motortruck tyres.“Container No. MRSU 3258823 (40 FT) contained unregistered pharmaceuticals specified arsenic Rabeprazole for injection, Zahifranil tablets, Vancomycin Hydrochloride, and Cyproheptadine with Vitamin B Complex, falsely declared arsenic kitchenware and tables.“Container No. SEKU 4716830 (40 FT) was recovered to incorporate 390 bales of utilized clothing, which contravenes import prohibition laws.”

As of 21 May 2025, the Command has collected implicit N1 trillion successful revenue, according to Olomu, who besides stated that the seizures were made done planetary practice and associated operations with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

“Let maine usage this briefing to pass you that, having crossed the N1 trillion postulation people earlier the extremity of the 5th month, we person truthful acold generated a full of N1.094 trillion arsenic of 21 May 2025,” helium said.

He mentioned earlier important milestones, specified arsenic the postulation of N18.2 cardinal successful October 2024, N18.9 cardinal connected 14 March 2025, and N18.919 cardinal connected 20 May 2025.

“Our chronicle of outstanding gross postulation speaks boldly for america and attests to our capableness to bash more,” helium said.

Olomu issued a stern informing and emphasised that Apapa Port remains nether adjacent surveillance.

“Finally, fto maine usage this briefing to pass that Apapa Port volition stay a no-go country for immoderate unlawful activity, and our officers are precise overmuch acceptable to uncover concealment and effect seizures oregon arrests wherever necessary,” helium stated.

Importers to wide cargo successful 2 hours

Legit.ng reported that Nigerian importers volition soon beryllium capable to wide their cargo astatine Tin Can Island and Apapa ports successful as small arsenic 2 hours with the caller B’Odogwu system.

According to the Nigeria Customs Service, the B’Odogwu strategy volition alteration cargo clearance wrong 2 hours erstwhile it is afloat implemented astatine the Tin Can Island command.

The Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, earlier said that the B’Odogwu system, a localised online platform, would destruct glitches successful the cargo clearing system, fast-tracking the documentation and clearance processes.

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