Customs Seizes 14,100 Litres of Smuggled Diesel, 204 Bags of Foreign Rice in Lagos

The Nigeria Customs Service(NCS), Western Marine Command, has actually obstructed 14,100 litres of smuggled Automotive Gas Oil(AGO), 204 bags of foreign parboiled rice and 40 containers of various cosmetic items in a series of anti-smuggling operations along Lagos waterways.

The seizures, which likewise consisted of a fiber boat fitted with a 40-horsepower outboard engine, have a combined Duty Paid Value (DPV) of 83.124 million.

The Acting Comptroller of the Western Marine Command, Deputy Comptroller of Customs Thomas Jonah, revealed this throughout a press instruction at the Command on Tuesday, November 10, 2026.

Jonah stated the seizures were tape-recorded throughout continual enforcement operations targeting smuggling and other illegal activities along the nation’s maritime borders.

He discussed that the very first operation occurred on Thursday, November 5, when a joint patrol group consisting of workers from Yekeme, Badagry and the Command Information Patrol obstructed 40 containers of various cosmetic items.

In a different operation at about 3:45 a.m. on Friday, November 6, the group obstructed 50 kegs of Automotive Gas Oil, each including 50 litres, amounting to 2,500 litres, throughout a regular patrol along the Akere waterways.

The Acting Comptroller even more divulged that workers of the Bar Beach Outstation Team, acting upon trustworthy intelligence, obstructed an extra 232 kegs of AGO, totaling up to 11,600 litres.

The operation likewise caused the seizure of a fiber boat fitted with a 40HP outboard engine, thought to have actually been utilized in the tried smuggling operation.

Jonah included that the 204 bags of taken foreign parboiled rice had a Duty Paid Value of 19.584 million.

He stated the Command would continue to enhance its functional methods, intelligence event and security to suppress smuggling and secure the country’s economy and regional markets.

The Acting Comptroller likewise assured stakeholders and neighborhoods along the waterways of the Command’s dedication to sustaining enforcement operations and decreasing illegal trade throughout the maritime passages.

By PRNigeria