Customs intercepts 37 vehicles with smuggled bags of rice

Men of the Ogun
State Command
of Nigeria Customs
Service, NCS have
intercepted 37 vehicles
loaded with bags of rice
being smuggled into the
country through the Idiroko
border routes.

Customs’ Deputy Controller
in charge of Enforcement,
Mohammed
Gagiyo, who briefed journalists
Wednesday at Idiroko
border about the
seizure, said the contrabands
were intercepted by
NCS men while on surveillance
patrol along the Ipokia,
Owode/Idiroko and
Alaari/Ifonyintedo smuggling
routes.

Gagiyo, who explained
that each of the 37 vehicles
was carrying about
60 to 100 bags of rice, also
disclosed that the NCS operatives
arrested three suspects
in connection with
the contrabands.

The Customs boss, who
gave the names of the
three suspects as Olowe
Oluwabunmi, Bibilari
Olaniyi, and Rasheed Abiola,
emphasised that the
anti-smuggling operation
which resulted in the in terception of the vehicles
and arrest of the suspects
lasted a week.

Among the 37 vehicles
was a Volkswagen truck
with registration number
(LAGOS) LXD 8870 SR,
which chassis compartment
was used to conceal
50 bags of rice.

The Customs’ boss, however,
warned importers,
particularly the smugglers
to desist from the criminal
act or face the stiff position
of the law, stressing that
the ban on rice importation
through the land borders is
still in force.

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