Customs impound used tyres in Ogun

The headquarters compliance team ‘C’ Ogun/Oyo axis of the Nigeria Customs Service has impounded 305 pieces of used tyres concealed in a Mercedes Benz truck.

A statement to the press said the truck, with registration number LSk 835 XP, was intercepted while the team was on routine patrol.

 It read, “The truck was laden with large quantities of soaps, used clothings, used tyres, detergents, large quantities of blenders, 136 giant cartons of cosmetics, 145 cartons of pampers, etc.

“It is pertinent to note that some of the items mentioned don’t fall into the prohibition list but we had to confiscate them as a means of concealment in line with the extant laws.”

Leader of the team, Abdulmaruf Shittu, also added that the team, acting on a tip off, had intercepted one used Iveco truck, with registration number SUC 527 XA, suspected to be carrying prohibited goods, along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway.

Further investigation revealed that 950 cartons of brand new foreign shoes, totalling 23,340 pairs; and 30 jumbo sacks of local slippers, totalling 816 pairs, which were used to neatly conceal the items.

Shittu said, “In a separate operation, a Toyota Hiace bus, with registration number GUE 60 XA, was intercepted along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode expressway, laden with 30 bales of secondhand clothings. The goods have been taken to the Customs facility at Ikeja.”