The Nigerian Customs on Tuesday, intercepted 400 bags of smuggled rice and 600 bags of fertiliser in Kaduna state.
Comptroller, Customs Federal Operation Unit Zone “B” Kaduna, Mustapha Sarkin-Kebbi, who confirmed this, said that the items were discovered after the unit’s operatives attached to Ilorin/Jebba/Mokwa axis discovered new antics deployed by smugglers.
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Speaking through a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer in Kaduna, Mr Abubakar Usman, Sarkin-Kebbi said that large quantities of smuggled rice were “criminally sandwiched between watermelons in two trucks, which further examination revealed were 400 bags of 50kg rice each.
“Our officers arrested two trucks laden with 140 units of refurbished gas cylinders smuggled into the country from Niger Republic.
“Another truck load of NPK fertilizer was arrested along Jibia/Agangaro axis of Katsina State and after 100 per cent physical examination, the vehicle was found to contain 600 bags of NPK 15-15-15 fertilizer smuggled into the country, ” the statement added.
Other items seized were 200 pieces of used tyres, 90 bales of second hand clothing and 322 kegs of vegetable oil along Katsina/Kano axis.
Sarkin-Kebbi added that any goods imported, landed or unloaded contrary to any prohibition shall be forfeited as stated in the section.
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