The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun I Area Command, has seized foreign parboiled rice, petrol, foreign-used vehicles, cannabis, unregistered pharmaceutical products and other contraband valued at ₦3.15 billion in 15 days.
The seizures also included three trucks loaded with foreign pasta, second-hand clothing, footwear and other prohibited goods.
The acting Customs Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller Abdulhamid Ibrahim, disclosed this on Thursday during his maiden press briefing in Idiroko, Ogun State, saying the command had intensified intelligence-led operations and surveillance since he assumed office on September 29, 2026.
On October 2, operatives intercepted three trucks conveying foreign pasta. A physical examination at the command’s headquarters in Idiroko revealed that the first truck, a Sino Howo with registration number MSW-232-XA, carried 2,740 cartons of foreign Siddo pasta concealed with 500 cartons of Oki condensed milk.
The second Howo truck, with registration number TFA-674-XA, contained 6,000 units of foreign Ginny pasta, while the third, an Iveco Elco truck with registration number KMC-702-ZR, conveyed 6,500 units of foreign Doga pasta.
Similarly, on October 4, the command intercepted a Dangote truck with registration number FZE-552-DA along the Afamin-Dangote-Itori axis. The vehicle was conveying 100 bags of foreign parboiled rice concealed beneath mica and gypsum stones.
Another interception on October 11 involved a 10-tyre truck with registration number AKL-456-XL. A physical examination revealed 321 army camouflage face caps and 27,831 assorted pharmaceutical products, including codeine cough syrup, injections, eye drops and supplements without National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) registration numbers.
The five trucks involved in the interceptions were valued at ₦1.235 billion and are to be forfeited to the Federal Government in accordance with Section 248 of the Nigeria Customs Service Act, 2023, the controller said.
Other seizures included cannabis sativa, one wrap of Canadian Loud, 660 bags of foreign parboiled rice weighing 50 kilogrammes each, 950 litres of PMS, four bundles of used pneumatic tyres, 106 bales of second-hand clothing, 1,320 pairs of smuggled new shoes, 3,700 pairs of used shoes, 252 imported face caps and 1,250 foreign-used bags.
The command also seized 13 foreign-used vehicles: one Hyundai Tucson (2008 model), three Honda CR-Vs (2013 models), one Toyota Venza (2019 model), one Lexus LX 600 (2022 model), one Lexus ES 350 (2013 model), one Toyota Camry XLE (2013 model), one Toyota Avensis Verso (2006 model), one Peugeot 406 (2002 model), one Ford Galaxy (2009 model) and one Nissan Almera (2006 model).
The command formally handed over the seized cannabis to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Idiroko Special Command, for further action.
DC Ibrahim warned smugglers against testing the command’s resolve, adding that enforcement operations would continue to protect public health, national security and local industries.
