By James Agberebi 29 November 2023 | 11:44 am Officers of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Kaduna State confiscated 61 smuggled Sports Utility Vehicles with fake government plate numbers. According to the FOU Comptroller, Dalha Wada, on Tuesday, the smuggled vehicles were confiscated from smugglers at different locations in the North-Central and North-West zones. Wada… Officers of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Kaduna State confiscated 61 smuggled Sports Utility Vehicles with fake government plate numbers. According to the FOU Comptroller, Dalha Wada, on Tuesday, the smuggled vehicles were confiscated from smugglers at different locations in the North-Central and North-West zones. Wada also raised the alarm that some smugglers had come up with new methods to avoid arrest by getting the services of bandits in the northern region to smuggle contraband products into the country. He noted that within a period of three months, the unit had made a total of 242 seizures of 21 different items. Meanwhile, other items confiscated include textile products and drugs with a total Duty Paid Value worth N2.8 billion. Among the items are over 2,000 bags of foreign parboiled rice, cartons of vegetable oil, bales of foreign second-hand clothes and shoes as well as drugs. The Comptroller handed over to the representative of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for further prosecution. 13 mins ago Officers of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in Kaduna State confiscated 61 smuggled Sports Utility Vehicles with fake government plate numbers. According to the FOU Comptroller, Dalha Wada, on Tuesday, the smuggled vehicles were confiscated from smugglers at different locations in the North-Central and North-West zones. 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