Customs intercept smuggled goods worth N108m, six suspects arrested

The Kaduna State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service have intercepted different kinds of smuggled goods with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of over N108 million.

The goods which were seized from desperate Nigerians were intercepted at different times in the state.

Part of the seized items include 440 Jerry cans of vegetable oil, 1,632 bags of foreign rice, 81 bags of sugar, 56 cartons of washing soap, 9 bales of used clothes, 283 cartons of spaghetti, 73 means of conveyance, 26 cartons of Tiger Head Dry Cell Battery.

The other seized items include 28 cartons of macaroni, 3 bags of tiger nuts, 1 trailer loaded with potash, 1 trailer loaded with unprocessed hides, 5 bags of beans, 1 tanker loaded with 50,000 litres of AGO and skin and 1 trailer loaded with used motor batteries.

During a briefing, Acting Comptroller of the command, DC Dahiru Kirawa, revealed that six suspects in connection to the smuggling have been arrested.

He said the effort was part of the an to ensure compliance to the FG border closure policy which is also aimed at battling smuggling.

“The message is we have no other country than Nigeria, we must make concerted effort to ensure that our economy is improved and this is one of the ways by which we would help and ensure that smuggling is suppressed to the barest minimum and that smugglers must desist because laudable programs have been put in place by the government, they should take advantage of that to engage in legitimate business.”