By Ajibola Adedoye
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Tin Can Island Command has generated the sum of One Trillion, Forty Six Billion, Four Hundred and Ninety Six Million, Five Hundred and Ninety Three Thousand, One Hundred and Three Naira Sixty Kobo (1,046,496,593,103.60), being the first time such milestone will be recorded in the history of the Command.
Comptroller Dera Nnadi, Customs Area Controller of the Command, who made this known on Thursday, November 7, 2024 in Lagos said “We were able to achieve this milestone because our stakeholders share our vision of voluntary compliance and are supporting our reforms in the Command. I dedicate this achievement to the Comptroller General of Customs Bashir Adewale Adeniyi and his management team.
According to him, “The Command acknowledges the specific roles of the DCG Tariff and Trade and the DCG ICT/Modernization for their contributions too. Aware that a secured border will translate to more revenue at the seaports, we also appreciate the support of the DCG Enforcement, Investigation & Inspection in enforcing compliance among our stakeholders leading to the increased revenue in the Command. While we celebrate our esteemed stakeholders who embraced our reforms and complied with Customs extant laws and guidelines, those who did not are regretting their loss and the pain of non compliance.
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The CAC and his team also unveiled sixteen (16) significant seizures of illicit substances, unregistered pharmaceutical products and other items seized by the Command.
The CAC disclosed that: “16 containers were discharged from May 17 to October 23, 2024, the content of the containers include numerous shipments of cough syrups with codeine; Barcadin with Codeine, Broncleer with Codeine, and DSP with Codeine for throat and chesty cough (100ml, 200 bottles per carton).Tapentadol & Carisoprodol: 420 cartons of Royal 225 (Tapentadol HVCL 125mg and Carisoprodol BP 100mg).
Others are: 200 cartons of 5mg Benzhexol Tablets (Brand: Trodal).Cannabis Indica: 77 packets (38.5kg), 532 packets (265.025kg), and 75 packets (37.5kg). Diclofenac Sodium Tablets: Really Extra brand (50mg, 100 packs per carton).
Making the list of seized containers are: Ceiling fans, Deluxe Chilli Cutters, stainless steel blenders, Biomal Artesunate Injection.
Speaking further, Comptr. Nnadi revealed that “SpilKartika (Hapag Lloyd, voyage No. 2417W) Volana (Hapag Lloyd, voyage Nos. 2416W, 2421W) Maliako (Hapag Lloyd, voyage No. 2421W) WadiBani Khalid (Hapag Lloyd, voyage Nos. 2423W) MSC Sweden VI and MSC Katyayni NY427A. Countries of Origin: India (Barcadin, Diclofenac Tablets, Benzhexol, CSP with Codeine) United Kingdom (Biomal Artesunate Injection) Canada (Cannabis Indica) are Vessels of Importation during the time under review.
“Consequently, we are handing over a total of 13 Containers of Unregistered pharmaceutical products to NAFDAC. Recall that on October 2, 2024, the Tincan Island Port Command officially handed over 684 packets of Cannabis Indica, weighing a total of 341.025 kg, with an estimated street value of ₦682,050,000.00. These narcotics were discovered in three 40ft containers Nos: MSMU 518030/2, MSMU 602957/0, and FSCU 927461/3), as part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen interagency collaboration and coordination. The Command in particular and the Service in general will deploy all necessary resources and strategies at our disposal and in collaboration with local and foreign partner security and regulatory agencies to check the menace of illegal importation of unregistered pharmaceutical products into the country” the CAC stressed.
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