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Nigerian Customs Destroys N11.5m Worth Of Frozen Products In Edo (Photos)

Word reaching your favourite amebo has it that the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operation Unit, Zone C, says it has destroyed 1, 365 cartons of imported frozen products valued at N11.56 million in Benin city.This is contained in a statement by the Comptroller of Zone C, Mr Victor Dimka, in Benin on Sunday, 29th November, 2015.According to the statement, 1,205 cartons of the1, 365 cartons contained imported frozen poultry products, valued at N9.6 million.The remaining 160 cartons contained frozen fishestimated at about N1.9 million respectively.The statement said the items were destroyed on Saturday at the NSC office in Benin.It added that the items were seized on Thursdayby officers and men of NCS in the Benin-Ekiadolor area of Edo at about 1.00 p.m.According to the statement, the Duty Paid Value (DPV) of the poultry products and frozen fish are N1.5 million and N2.2 million, respectively.I hope we don't have a repeat of people digging up these Chickens, just like we had in Rivers state recently.

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