Customs confiscates 11 vehicles smuggling foreign rice

Customs confiscates 11 vehicles smuggling foreign rice
Contraband rice seized by the Nigeria Customs Service 
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it has confiscated 11 vehicles carrying bags of foreign rice along Kaduna, Zaria and Kano.

The Assistant Controller and Commander, Strike Force of the Command, Ekanem Wills, confirmed this on Monday while speaking to journalists in Kaduna about the smuggled rice.

“We were able to confiscate eight Golf wagons and three J5 vehicles conveying smuggled rice,” he said.

Mr. Wills further explained that each vehicle had about 40 to 45 bags of rice. He said while further investigations are ongoing, culprits have been apprehended.

He said government has provided the command with new vehicles for patrol, to enhance the capacity of the personnel in the efforts to end smuggling. He assured that the command was determined to seize all goods being smuggled into the country through its area of operation. He warned smugglers to find new legitimate means of livelihood.

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