KATSINA: Customs intercept smuggled goods worth N79m in one month

THE Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has said it will not relent in its to track down smugglers in the country.

The agency noted that smuggling is detrimental to the country’s economy.

This was said by the Area Controller of Customs (ACC) in Katsina, Adewale Aremu.

Aremu said the command intercepted smuggled goods worth N79million between February and March 2021.

He disclosed this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina yesterday.Aremu said the seized goods included 470 bags of 50kg rice concealed in different compartments of a fuel tanker.

Acording to Aremu, the goods seized include: “367 bales of second hand cloths worth over N30million; used Honda Accord salon car worth over N8million as well as 166 jerry cans of vegetable oil valued at N1.8 million.

“Also confiscated are 321 cartons of foreign spaghetti; 97 cartons of couscous; 110 cartons of macaroni; 65 cartons of milky creamer; 14 cartons of clinical plaster and 187 bags of sugar”. 

The ACC said the tanker with registration number KWL 427 TH has a duty value of N13.5million.

“The trailer used for conveying the second hand cloths is valued at N12.1million,” he said.