The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service has seized items valued at over ₦3.3 billion after intercepting 144 smuggling operations throughout its jurisdiction.
The confiscated gadgets embody rice, petroleum merchandise, automobiles, illicit medication, used clothes, vegetable oil, wildlife, and different prohibited or restricted items, highlighting a renewed enforcement drive inside the zone.
Talking on Tuesday in Ikeja, Lagos, the Unit’s Comptroller, Gambo Aliyu, stated the outcomes mirror a revamped operational method constructed on intelligence-led enforcement, stricter inner controls, and sustained stress on organised smuggling networks.
Aliyu attributed the successes to a complete overhaul of the Unit’s operational framework, noting that the command had moved away from routine and simply anticipated checkpoints in Lagos in favour of versatile, intelligence-driven deployments.
He added that inner oversight mechanisms have been strengthened, with measurable efficiency benchmarks launched for personnel as a part of a broader reform agenda targeted on change administration, compliance enforcement, and restoring institutional credibility.
Past safeguarding the economic system, the Customs chief stated the unit intensified its crackdown on transnational drug syndicates, seizing 3,029 parcels of an artificial hashish variant generally known as “Ghanaian Loud,” with a complete weight of about 1,431 kilogrammes.
He famous that the operation delivered a serious blow to illicit drug distribution networks throughout the Unit’s jurisdiction, coming at a essential time as Nigeria faces escalating banditry, terrorism, and different violent felony actions.