140 smuggled rice bags hidden in sand – Customs

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The anti-smuggling task force of the Federal Government, code-named Joint Border Operations Sector 3, has intercepted a truck loaded with 140 bags of 50 kilogrammes foreign rice concealed in sharp san

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The coordinator of the sector, Mohammed Garba, said on Wednesday in Ilorin, Kwara State headquarters of the unit, that the smuggled rice were worth N2,142,000.

 

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