The world rose in unison to condemn this dastardly act. Though, it was not perpetrated by customs, a good example of the “Inviolability Clause” was violated in Novemwhen Iranian mob invaded American embassy in Teheran in Iran. The storage of arms and ammunition smuggled into the receiving state, on the premises of the diplomatic mission, is a violation of Article 41 (3) and as such might lead to a closure of the mission and rupture of diplomatic relations between the sending state and the receiving state where it is clear that the home authorities of the diplomatic mission had approved or encouraged such activity (Alaba Ogunsanwo 2016). Nevertheless, there are few exceptions to the above. This needs to be emphasized, otherwise one day, we may wake up to hear that over zealous custom officers have invaded embassy houses and diplomat residential houses in search of contraband goods. It then means that customs cannot carry out anti-Smuggling activities in the above places. Article 22 of 1961 Vienna Convention States that the premises of embassies and residences of staff are inviolable. ![]() ![]() ![]() Within this Context, 1961 Vienna Convention disallows customs to carrying out their anti- Smuggling activities within the embassy premises and residence of diplomats and their Families. No wonder, we see customs invading markets, ware houses etc, in search of contraband goods. Without prejudice to the presidential order that anti- Smuggling activities should not exceed beyond l0 kms to the border, we all know that CEMA permits customs to engage in anti – smuggling activities at the point of entry and distribution.
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