The Acting Customs Area Controller, Chedi Wada, told newsmen in Seme on Monday that the seizures included 22 fairly-used vehicles, 1,113 bags of rice, 24,710 litres of petroleum products and others valued at N91,165,860

“This includes 1,113 bags of 50kg foreign rice with DPV of N19,165,860, 24,710 litres of petroleum, 188 cartons of frozen poultry products, 422,500 milligrams of tramadol and 563,500ml of Amphetamine syrups.

Others are 105 textile materials with DPV of N680,890, 22 fairly-used vehicles with DPV of N19,971,759, 84 sacks of used clothing, ladies handbags and shoes with DPV of N277,245.

“Thirty sacks and one carton of soap with DPV of N896,227, 35 cartons of choco drink, 51 pieces of motorcycle spare parts, 28 jerry can of 25liters of vegetable oil, 25 sacks of hides and skin and 10 sacks of melon.

“Other are 89 cartons and 2 sacks of blue band, one sack of stockfish, 12 packs of peanut and 23 bundles of corrugated papers of 25 piece per bundle and 3 nylon bags of empty plastic cream containers,” he said.

Wada said that seven suspects connected with the act were arrested and were at various stages of investigations and conviction.

He pledged the determination to detect, arresting and prosecuting those who did not comply with the extant laws regarding importation and exportation through the land borders.

Wada attributed the harvest of seizures within 45 days of the year to the “strategic policy measures put in place to tackle the menace of smuggling, irregular migrations, and other trans-border crimes.”

He said that his commitment was to ensure that smuggling business became unattractive through vigorous community and public enlightenment, sensitisation on the dangers of smuggling and its impact on the economy and national security.