 An Andruan Custom Service, Port Harcourt, Area 2 Command, on air says it has handed over a pistol, 100 pieces of 9mm ammunition in two suspects to the police. Area Controller, Babari Mam, disclosed these during a press briefing in Port Harcourt. He says a pistol and the ammunition were found inside a container imported from the United States of America. The Area Controller, Babari Mam, while showing some of the exhibit to newsmen, this vehicle with plate number Texas SVF-5752 was found in a container. The vehicle has in each a pistol and 100 ammunition. He said a container was declared to accommodate only the vehicle and some household materials, but after a thorough investigation, all the items were found. The total duty paid value of these nine containers stands at 1,162,424,371 Naira. We do not just take delight in empowering containers or making seizures of contraband goods, rather we do this to impose the laws for the nation and to serve as deterrent orders. The command and indeed the customs of today has zero tolerance to smuggling and has no cause not to perform. As every encouragement, logistics and incentives have been given by our admirable Controller General of Customs. At the completion of the hearing and taking over, we will continue investigation. People who have criminal tendencies ought to have been arrested and then prosecuted. We will try to serve as a deterrent to others. Controller Imam gives account of what the command has achieved in 2023. The command also wants importers of prohibited goods to deceased adding that the customs will use both human intelligence and technology to stop them. So far from January to October, we have generated about 247 billion Naira. As I speak, even though the year has not ended, we have already beaten the record for last year. Last year it was 240 something. So I assure you that through the end of the year, which is December, we are going to surpass our revenue target.