The Nigeria
Customs Service (NCS), has announce the arrest of three Chinese business men
identified as Gao Gnuxu, Li Yang and Zhon Showmin, for allegedly smuggling contraband
and illegal textile materials worth over N20 billion into the country.
The service has
also sealed over 20 warehouses belonging to the Chinese in Kano and Lagos
States respectively, in an operation co-ordinated by the Comptroller General of
Customs (CGC), Muhammad Diko Inde.
According to the
service, the operation was undertaken under the directives of the CGC who had
been monitoring movements of the smugglers who were mainly Chinese and at a
stage, the operatives of the Customs conducted undercover operation to locate
and discover the actual number of illegal warehouses in Kano State being
operated by foreigners with the support of unpatriotic Nigerians.
Shalangwu added
that during its investigation, the Customs team discovered over 20 warehouses
fully loaded with printed textile materials ready for transportation to various
markets in the country.
The CGS, in a
state of the matter report, said:
“We have seized
the printed illegal materials and sealed over 20 warehouses whose value worth
N20 billion.
We are doing this
in our effort to make Nigeria free of all illegal businesses, imports and
actions capable of totally crippling the country.”
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