Crime

Customs seize petrol worth N71.7m, others from smugglers in Adamawa

October 25, 2024

The Area comptroller of customs displaying the seized items before newsmen on Thursday in Yola.

Customs seize petrol worth N71.7m, others from smugglers in Adamawa

The Adamawa/Taraba Area Customs Command has intensified operations aimed at ridding the command of the menace of smuggling.

To that effect, it has seized petrol worth N71,760,930 on the verge of being smuggled.

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Area Comptroller of Customs in charge of the command, Comptroller Garba Bashir Bature disclosed the development at a press conference in Yola Thursday stressing that the Command’s enforcement unit had witnessed significant seizures from the month of August and September 2024.

Bature stated that items seized included; 1,115 Jerry cans of 25 litres capacity each, 26 drums of 220 litres capacity each filled with petrol totalling 33,595 litres intended to be snuggled in to the Republic of Cameroon..

Bature said other items seized include; 200 bags of foreign flour, 50Kg each, 57 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 50Kg each, 10 bales of second-hand clothing with 3 vehicles used as means of conveyance of some seized PMS.

He declared that the seizures are clear testaments to the unrelenting and uncompromising efforts of operatives attached to his command explaining that the products showcased before the media were apprehended from various borderlines in Adamawa and Taraba states which be auctioned off to the interested members of the public.

He added that actions taken are in accordance to the Nigeria Customs service Act 2023 and the standard operating procedures as the proceeds will be remitted in to the federation account forthwith.

Comptroller Bature therefore charged his men and officers to be vigilant and fully committed to the ongoing fight against all forms of smuggling activities within the confines of the law.

He also advised the smugglers to forsake economic sabotage and all forms of illegal trans-border trade and genuinely embrace legitimate business as his command will maintain momentum until smuggling activities are brought to its knees.

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