The Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a vehicle with COVID-19 sticker used to smuggled frozen chicken into the country.

The unit also intercepted various items of contraband worth N12.7billion between January to April 2020.



The FOU A is an anti-smuggling arm of the service saddled with the responsibility of suppressing smuggling in the six states of the South-West.

The Public Relations Officer of the unit, Jerry Attah, said the officers intercepted the vehicle under the guise of essential duty smuggling cartons of smuggled frozen chicken into the country from Benin Republic.

Attah who spoke on behalf of the Customs Area Controller of the unit, Usman Yahaya said the vehicle was arrested along Ijebu ode expressway

He also disclosed that they were intercepted based on intelligence and the eagle eye officers who were on routine patrol at the axis.

“The officers were professional enough to intercept the vehicle which was believed to be used in the movement of essential commodities but was surprise to see that it was used for illegal activities such as movement of contraband.



“We have arrested the vehicle and investigation has commenced to get to the root and unravel other atrocities that may have been committed using the essential duty tag.