Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted eighteen exotic vehicles, which it alleged failed to pay the required Customs duties.
The Comptroller General of Customs, Hammed Ali who briefed the media on the impounded vehicles on Tuesday in Abuja said beyond failing to pay the necessary duty, thirteen of them were bullet proof and required clearance from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) before they were imported.
The impounded vehicles include two range rover, one Rolls Royce, four Lexus, three G Wagon, two Prado, one Lincoln Navigator, one infinity, one 4matic, two Toyota Sequoia, One Toyota Camry.
Ali said the vehicles were brought in through the normal route but that outcomes of ongoing investigations indicate that the importer may have connived with some officers of the Customs service to evade customs duty.
“On Saturday 16th September 2017, based on credible information, the detachment of the Compliance Team visited Kefiano motors Ltd in the Central Business Area of Abuja and discovered eighteen (18) suspected smuggled exotic vehicles that were displayed for sales,” Ali stated.
Ali said the seizure was on of the gains of th anti-smuggling operations by the officers and men of his compliance team in the Northern axis.
“In a period of fragile security, we cannot afford to have unauthorised persons use armoured vehicles. Without end user certificates, possession of these vehicles is illegal, ” he added.
…..details later…Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted eighteen exotic vehicles, which it alleged failed to pay the required Customs duties.
The Comptroller General of Customs, Hammed Ali who briefed the media on the impounded vehicles on Tuesday in Abuja said beyond failing to pay the necessary duty, thirteen of them were bullet proof and required clearance from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) before they were imported.
The impounded vehicles include two range rover, one Rolls Royce, four Lexus, three G Wagon, two Prado, one Lincoln Navigator, one infinity, one 4matic, two Toyota Sequoia, One Toyota Camry.
Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted eighteen exotic vehicles, which it alleged failed to pay the required Customs duties.
The Comptroller General of Customs, Hammed Ali who briefed the media on the impounded vehicles on Tuesday in Abuja said beyond failing to pay the necessary duty, thirteen of them were bullet proof and required clearance from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) before they were imported.
The impounded vehicles include two range rover, one Rolls Royce, four Lexus, three G Wagon, two Prado, one Lincoln Navigator, one infinity, one 4matic, two Toyota Sequoia, One Toyota Camry.
Ali said the vehicles were brought in through the normal route but that outcomes of ongoing investigations indicate that the importer may have connived with some officers of the Customs service to evade customs duty.
“On Saturday 16th September 2017, based on credible information, the detachment of the Compliance Team visited Kefiano motors Ltd in the Central Business Area of Abuja and discovered eighteen (18) suspected smuggled exotic vehicles that were displayed for sales,” Ali stated.
Ali said the seizure was on of the gains of th anti-smuggling operations by the officers and men of his compliance team in the Northern axis.
“In a period of fragile security, we cannot afford to have unauthorised persons use armoured vehicles. Without end user certificates, possession of these vehicles is illegal, ” he added.
…..details later…said the vehicles were brought in through the normal route but that outcomes of ongoing investigations indicate that the importer may have connived with some officers of the Customs service to evade customs duty.
“On Saturday 16th September 2017, based on credible information, the detachment of the Compliance Team visited Kefiano motors Ltd in the Central Business Area of Abuja and discovered eighteen (18) suspected smuggled exotic vehicles that were displayed for sales,” Ali stated.
Ali said the seizure was on of the gains of th anti-smuggling operations by the officers and men of his compliance team in the Northern axis.
“In a period of fragile security, we cannot afford to have unauthorised persons use armoured vehicles. Without end user certificates, possession of these vehicles is illegal, ” he added.
…..details later…
