Mr Joseph Attah, the Public Relations Officer, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), said the Service seized a container load of military uniforms and other items on Friday along Aba-Port Harcourt road.
In a statement on Friday in Abuja, noted that examination of the container was conducted in the presence of the owner’s representative. Some of the items seized included eleven bundles containing new sets of sewn military camouflage.
Each bundle contained 400 pairs of sewn military camouflage, fifteen cartons containing Altama combat boots each carton containing twenty pairs and some sacks of made up garments among other household items.
According to the Comptroller in charge of Federal Operation Unit, Zone C, Ahmed Azarema, the owner’s representative had been detained and further investigation to unravel all those connected to the crime had already commenced.