{"id":9225,"date":"2025-12-17T12:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/?p=9225"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:40:00","slug":"ogun-1-customs-command-seizes-over-%e2%82%a62-billion-worth-of-contraband-in-11-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/2025\/12\/17\/ogun-1-customs-command-seizes-over-%e2%82%a62-billion-worth-of-contraband-in-11-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogun 1 Customs Command Seizes Over \u20a62 Billion Worth of Contraband in 11 Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Tunde Ojudun<\/p>\n<p>In a sweeping anti-smuggling operation, the Ogun 1 Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted contraband goods valued at over \u20a62 billion within just 11 days as well as two exotic cars valued at over N28 million.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing journalists on Wednesday, the Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller OO Afeni, declared a renewed crackdown on smuggling activities, warning that \u201cthere will be no hiding place\u201d for perpetrators within the command\u2019s jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>Among the intercepted items were 16 parcels of heroin (16kg) valued at \u20a6240 million, 3,355 wraps of Cannabis Sativa worth \u20a6435.08 million, 2,200 kegs of foreign groundnut oil valued at \u20a6264 million, 5,417 cartons of foreign spaghetti estimated at \u20a6162.51 million.  <\/p>\n<p>The seized narcotics were handed over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), with the Idiroko Area Commander, Ekundayo Williams, commending DC Afeni for what he described as \u201cspectacular seizures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The operation underscores the command\u2019s intensified efforts to curb the influx of illicit drugs and smuggled goods through Nigeria\u2019s southwestern border corridors.<\/p>\n<p>More details to follow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tunde Ojudun In a sweeping anti-smuggling operation, the Ogun 1 Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted contraband goods valued at over \u20a62 billion within just 11 days as well as two exotic cars valued at over N28 million. Addressing journalists on Wednesday, the Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller OO Afeni, declared a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9225"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9227,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9225\/revisions\/9227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peoplesforumonline.com.ng\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}