Customs Vow To End Smuggling, Destroys 1,583 Cartons Of Frozen Poultry

The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on
Tuesday vowed to keep up the fight against smuggling of frozen poultry
products, especially around Yekeme, near Badagry.

Controller in charge of the command, Yusuf Umar, said this
while destroying 1,583 cartons of smuggled poultry products in Lagos.

He said the command had seized and destroyed 6,668 cartons
of poultry products from July 7 to date when Operation Hawk Descend’ was
established to fight the smuggling of the products.

Umar said customs would work to ensure that revenue leakages
were plugged, just as it would work to protect the nation’s economy through its
services.

He warned that smugglers must stop forthwith or be ready to
face the wrath of the law.

                                                  

“Those who engage in this act of smuggling of poultry
products should desist, henceforth, because there is no hiding place for them
as far as we are concerned.

“They should know by now that the customs is working with a
very much improved intelligence reports and will always track them down.

“But then, we also want them to know that the danger of
their act is more than they think, considering the effect on the economy.

“We should proudly grow and sustain our own poultry industry
that can also create a lot of jobs for people,” he said.