Idiroko Customs intercepts poultry products worth N4.3m

The Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Headquarters Monitoring Team, Idiroko axis, at the weekend, said it has intercepted 810 cartons of frozen poultry products worth N4, 374, 000.

The team Coordinator, Deputy Comptroller Yahaya Usman, said the seizure will be destroyed in a designated site at the NCS premises, Ikeja under the watch of critical agencies of government including NAFDAC.

While displaying the seized goods, Usman said his team has an effective  collaboration with the residents of the area, as units and commands of the Customs remain committed  to totally eradicating the menace of smuggling.

He expressed the team’s determination to explore avenues of ensuring practical compliance with the Headquarters directive on zero tolerance for smuggled poultry products, adding that the anticipated launch of Operation Hawk Descend by the Customs will further boost the operational pedigree of his team towards ensuring that fiscal policies of the Federal Government in terms of trade is jealously guided.

Vanguard