Nigeria Customs Service impounds 24,273 cartons of smuggled poultry products worth over N256m

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone
‘C’, Owerri recently seized a total of 24,273 cartons of imported frozen
poultry products, valued at N256,264,200. In a press statement released
by the Public Relations Officer of the Unit, Onuigbo Ifeoma, the
Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Haruna Mamudu said that the items
which were cleverly and deceitfully concealed in a Scania truck with an
inscription ‘DHL’ were seized on the Benin axis in Edo State. Three
suspects were also arrested in connection with the illegal business.