The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, has announced the seizure of three bullet-proof cars with a Duty Paid Value of N76 million.
The Area Controller, Victor Dimka, a Comptroller, made the disclosure to newsmen yesterday.
He said: “The command seized three bullet-proof cars with a Duty Paid Value of N76 million and this was done through intelligence gathering by officers of the command.
“A particular bullet-proof car, which was a 2012 Mercedes C300, was intercepted at the Gbaji area of Badagry and it had an official plate number of FG 35 S02.
“Due process must be followed in the importation of bullet-proof cars and the process is that the individual must apply to the Office of the National Security Adviser and if it is approved, the office would send an approval certificate to the NCS and the individual would be allowed.
“All the cars that were seized have been handed over to the Department of State Services for further investigation.”
Dimka also warned that any further attack by smugglers on its officers would no longer be tolerated.
“A situation where officers performing their legitimate duties are always ambushed and maimed with dangerous weapons would no longer be accepted or tolerated.
“We are backed up by law. We are carrying out our legitimate duties by working to stem smuggling and are ready for war over this matter.
“Smuggling is dangerous to the economy, so anyone involved in it is considered as an enemy of the nation.
“We have upgraded ourselves and we have everything we need, so people should desist from smuggling or be ready to face the full wrath of the law”, he warned.
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