The Ogun State
Area Command, Nigeria Customs Service, has stated that it intercepted a petrol
tanker with about 25 other vehicles loaded with smuggled bags of rice.
Speaking at
the command’s Idiroko border office on Thursday as regards the interceptions,
Hassan Gangua, the new Area Controller, said that the incidents were recorded
in different parts of the state in the last two weeks.
He also noted
that the MAN diesel petrol tanker with number plate, FST 51 XE, was specially
built for smuggling.
According to
the area controller, the tanker, which was filled to capacity with the smuggled
rice, was intercepted by customs operatives on Monday November 15, 2016, along
the Idiroko border area, on its way to Lagos.
“This
interception was made 24 hours after my arrival by our gallant officers,” he
stated.
In the same
vein, the customs intercepted 25 cars with built-in compartments, loaded with
bags of smuggled rice in the Idiroko area.
Also, a
trailer was intercepted at the Lagos-Sagamu highway with about 500 bags of rice
on Monday November 21, 2016.
He said, “The
goods, which were neatly packed, were being taken to the Eastern part of the
country to be sold in the open market.”
The area
controller said that three persons – Anthony Nwapa, Osunkwo Chukwu and Hyginus
Igbokwe – have been apprehended in connection with the seizure, while
preliminary investigation was ongoing
Follow Solenzo Blog on
0 Comments