The Western Marine Command, WMC, of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Lagos, has intercepted contraband consisting of rice, clothes and frozen chicken valued N15.37 million.

The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Sarkin Kebbi, made this disclosure to newsmen in Lagos, yesterday.

The contraband are 400 bags of rice, 138 bales of clothes and 474 cartons of frozen chicken.

The seized poultry products were burnt and buried, while the remaining contraband were taken to the Command’s warehouse.

Kebbi said the Com-mand’s officers  would continue to make life unbearable for smugglers.

He expressed regret that no arrest was made, pointing out that the smugglers disappeared into the waters on sighting the officers.

His words: “The seizures were made at two different places. The bales of clothes, rubber sandals and frozen chicken were seized at Ilufe Ojo Alaba by the joint patrol team officers on Thursday, July 6.

“For the rice, the seizure took place at Tungeji Ijofin Creek along Nigeria-Republic of Benin axis on Tuesday July 11.”

According to him, the Command was able to achieve the feat with the support extended to it by the Comptroller-General of Customs,Hameed Ali’s management team.