Smugglers have gone deadly, says Customs Comptroller

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As Federal Operation Unit (FOU) Zone 'B' of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) made 623 seizures, including 153 vehicles and other items,...

As Federal Operation Unit Zone ‘B’ of the Nigeria Customs Service made 623 seizures, including 153 vehicles and other items, Comptroller in charge of the unit has said that, smugglers have gone sophisticated and deadly.

“The smugglers of nowadays, I have to confess to you are deadly, they are more sophisticated and deadly. We lost an Officer in Katsina and also in the strike force too and Kano command during this period. “The customs activity now is government driven and we have our own way of dealing with them. There are challenges and we also equal to the tasks and we are not relenting in our efforts. Our anti smuggling architecture is more functional for dictating and apprehending these criminals, that is why we are making more seizures.

Other smuggled items seized include 8,618 bags of parbioled rice, 820 cartons of spaghetti, 167 bags of Sugar. 147 bales of second hand clothings, 1, 035 jerrycans of vegetable oil, 33 pieces of used tyres and 1,550 packs of tramadol.

Source: Car News Wire (carnewswire.net)

 

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