Customs Intercept Trucks Of Expired Flour Worth N1.2bn At Lagos Border

The Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) announced connected Thursday the interception of 5 trucks loaded with expired bags of flour smuggled into the state from Egypt.

Displaying the expired flours astatine a property briefing astatine the Command’s office successful Lagos, the Customs Area Controller (CAC), Compt. Adewale Adenuga stated that the bags of flour, worthy N1.2 Billion, originated from Egypt but were intercepted astatine the border.

According to Compt Adenuga, isolated from the wellness risks associated with consuming specified expired products, their depletion could besides person led to terrible infections, nutrient poisoning, and semipermanent wellness complications for Nigerians.

Adenuga explained further that the bid intercepted 1,104 parcels of Cannabis Sativa, besides known arsenic Marijuana; 120 packs of tramadol 120mg; 2,043 bags of 50kg of overseas parboiled; 150 bales of second-hand clothing; 169 bottles of DSP Cough Syrup with Codeine and 5 utilized vehicles.

“The full Duty Paid Value (DPV) for each seizures stands astatine N1.99billion. During the play nether review, our operatives done credible quality and beardown inter-agency collaboration, made different important seizures that included 5 trucks conveying a full of 10,000 bags of expired flour originating from Egypt, with a DPV of N1.21billion intercepted successful a associated cognition with NAFDAC.

“The wellness risks associated with consuming specified expired products could person led to terrible infections, nutrient poisoning, and semipermanent wellness complications. Beyond wellness implications, specified unwholesome goods undermine section industries and erode user trust

“1,104 parcels of Cannabis Sativa, besides known arsenic Marijuana, intercepted done actionable intelligence. The societal and intelligence toll of specified substances connected our younker cannot beryllium overstated.”

The Customs brag besides stated that the bid generated a whopping N1.50billion from cargo legally imported into the state done the Seme-Krake borderline successful August 2025.

He stated further that the import work collected successful September 2025 roseate by 182 per cent compared to August 2024. The Command generated a full of N1.5bn successful September 2025, compared to N531.4 cardinal collected successful August 2025, representing an exceptional summation of implicit 182 per cent.

“This outstanding show reflects the effectiveness of the CGC’s betterment docket built connected compliance, transparency and data-driven monitoring of goods arsenic good arsenic the dedication of officers and men who proceed to embody his imaginativeness of a modern, businesslike and accountable Customs Service.

“These results underscore the CGC’s operational doctrine that smuggling is an economical sabotage that robs the federation of captious gross and endangers nationalist welfare. Our presumption is wide on the Lagos-Abidjan way that immoderate economical assets diverted into smuggling volition beryllium a colossal waste; it volition beryllium amended to transmission specified resources into morganatic concern that could empower thousands of Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) and make jobs.

“It is worthy of enactment to commend the Nigerian Armed Forces, particularly the Nigerian Navy (NN), for their enactment successful the combat against smuggling successful this corridor. The NN FOB Badagry has demonstrated that we are partners successful this combat against smuggling by repeatedly handing implicit overseas parboiled atom intercepted and seized connected the waterways and its surrounding areas. We truly admit them for that.

“Also, the Command convened 2 large stakeholders’ engagements from 6–7 October, 2025. The archetypal gathering brought unneurotic Heads of Security Agencies, accepted rulers, and captious stakeholders on the Seme–Krake corridor, wherever far-reaching resolutions were reached to code aggregate checkpoints, extortion and different commercialized impediments.

“All agencies reaffirmed their committedness to eradicating unnecessary checkpoints and ensuring the seamless question of morganatic goods and persons without compromising nationalist security. The 2nd engagement progressive our Benin Republic Customs counterparts, businessmen and licensed Customs agents from some sides of the border.”