Korede Abdullah 
LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Area Command, has intercepted expired flour and illegal substances valued at ₦1.9 billion in its intensified anti-smuggling operations.
The disclosure was made in a statement posted on the official NCS X handle on Sunday and confirmed by the Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Wale Adenuga, during a media briefing at the COWA Complex, Seme Border.
Adenuga said the seizures followed intelligence-led enforcement in line with the zero-tolerance policy of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi.
“Smuggling robs the nation of vital revenue and endangers public welfare. Any resource diverted into smuggling is a colossal waste,” he said.
Among the seizures were five trucks conveying 10,000 bags of expired flour from Egypt, with a duty-paid value of ₦1.21 billion. Other items included 1,104 parcels of cannabis, 120 packs of Tramadol 120mg, 2,043 bags of foreign rice, 150 bales of used clothes, and 169 bottles of codeine syrup.
Adenuga added that the command generated ₦1.5 billion in September 2025, a 182% increase from August, and facilitated exports worth ₦7.97 billion, underscoring the NCS’s drive to boost legitimate trade along the Lagos–Abidjan corridor.
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