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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