Customs intercepts goods, arrests 53 smugglers in 1 month

Date: 2020-07-09

The Nigeria Customs Service, North Central Zone, Sector 3, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Wednesday, said it has seized contraband goods worth N1.2 billion and arrested 53 suspected smugglers between May and June this year.

The Coordinator of the Joint Borders operations comprising, Kwara, Niger, Kogi and Benue states, Muhammed Uba Garba, made the disclosure while addressing journalists in Ilorin.

'Merge Immigration with Customs to avoid duplication' He said the Customs also intercepted a tipper vehicle from Kebbi State with over 140 bags of rice concealed under sand heap, as well as a tricycle used for smuggling rice in Ilorin.

He said: "The joint team raided two warehouses in Ilorin were 674 bags of foreign rice were discovered.

"The team also intercepted two Mitsubishi canter laden with 54 drums of smuggled petrol with a duty paid value of N1.9million with two suspects in Niger State", he said.

Uba Garba maintained that the sector has, within the period, recorded a total of 225 seizures which included 17,490 bags of foreign rice, 310 kegs of vegetable oil, 1 locally made pistol, 944 drums of AGO, 3,676 jerrycans of petroleum products of 25 litres, 355 bundles of textile materials, and 28 bags of foreign fertiliser, among others.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Computer Based Test     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Orisun Igbomina     National Pilot     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Ishak Mohammed Sabi     National Information Technology Development Agency     Amuda Bembe     Mohammed Halidu     Mohammed Yisa     Labaeka     Yahya Mohammed     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Kupchi Hosea Maxwell     Kwara 2015     Isiaka Danmeromu     Ibrahim Oniye     Facebook     Ilesha-Baruba     Olajumoke Monsura Gafar     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Idiagbon     Oba Abu     Sarkin Malamai     First Lady     Oluronke Adeyemi     AIT Ilorin     John Mayokun Dada     Valsolar Consultoria     Christopher Ayeni     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Lithium     David Adesina     Muhammad Yahya     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Theophilus Oyebiyi     Afonja     Yahaya Dumoye     Solomon Edoja     Bamidele Adegoke     Kale Ayo     Oniwa     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Council Of The Wise     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Kazeem Oladepo     Alumni Association Of The Federal Polytechnic Offa     Kulende-UITH     Femi Ogunsola     Kolawole Bashirat     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Lafiagi     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Olatunji Moronfoye     Usman Rifun     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Esuwoye     Ayoade Akinnibosun     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Taiwo Joseph     Yoruba     Raimi Iyanda     Oyedun Juliana Funke     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Police Commissioner     Noah Yusuf     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Bio Ibrahim     April 11     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Baba Issa     Patigi Regatta     Popo-Igbonna    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Sobi Hill     Adisa Logun     Kayode Bankole     Sola Saraki University     Abioye Bello     Kulende-UITH     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Ilota     Adamu Atta     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Halimat Yusuf     Danladi     CCEPE     Babajide Ajayi     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Bayo Ajia     Bibire Ajape     Esinniobiwa Quareeb     Council Of The Wise     Matthew Babaoye     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     FOMWAN     Erubu Oba Zubair     Apado     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Turaki Of Ilorin     Okin High School     Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Bayo Onimago     Wasiu Onidugbe     Oke-Oyi     Mashood Dauda     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Toyin Abdullahi     Ayo Opadokun     Lai Gobir     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Oasis Muslim Care Foundation     Yomi Adeboye     Samuel Adedoyin     Mohammed Saidu     Tanke Flyover Bridge     JUSUN     Usman Rifun     Ajia-Bako     CLAY POT     Sunday Otokiti     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Ilorin East     UNIFEMGA     Olaitan Buraimoh     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Offa Descendants Union     Ayinde Oki     AbdulHamid Adi     Segun Ogunsola     Ilorin Anchor Men And Women     Dunmade     Wahab Isa     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Funke Adedoyin     Bello Oyedepo     Salihu Yahaya     Fatai Olodo     BECE     REO CAKES     Alabe     Young Progressives Party     Gbenga Olawepo     Bank Of Industry     Aminat Omodara     Amusement Park     IYA ALFA NLA     Tunde Idiagbon Road