Men of the Nigerian Customs , Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘C’, Owerri,seized 24,273 cartons of smuggled frozen poultry product with a duty paid value of N256,264,200 along Benin axis of Edo State.
A statement by the PRO Onuigbo ifeoma 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.
The Customs area controller Haruna Mamudu disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the Customs Warehouse in Benin, said that the Duty Paid Value (DPV) of the items impounded stood at #256,264,200 just as three suspects were arrested by the eagle-eyed Customs men on duty in connection with the illegal business.
Mamadu, who spoke on the consequences usually associated with the consumption of foreign frozen poultry products preserved with chemicals meant for the preservation of dead bodies, regretted that a number of untimely deaths had occurred as a result of this.
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