The Niger/Kogi Command of the Nigeria
Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday declared that it has intercepted no fewer
than seventy-nine bags of foreign rice.
DAILY POST gathered that the
interception of the rice is coming after over three months of the closure of
Nigerian borders.
Public Relations Officer (PRO), of
the command, Mr. Benjamin Lomba in a statement made available to DAILY POST,
said that despite the border closure, the command, through intelligence
gathering, intercepted and arrested one (1) Mitsubishi Canter loaded with
Seventy-Nine (79) 100kg bags of foreign rice along Yauri road in Kontagora axis
of Niger State.
He added that the duty paid value of
the seized items is put at two million, six hundred and eighty-six thousand
naira (N2,686,000.00.)
Lomba said, “The Niger/Kogi Command
of the Niger Customs Service has continued to reinvigorate and intensify
efforts in its anti-smuggling drive, on Sunday 8th December, 2019 at 0300hours
through intelligence gathering a patrol team intercepted and arrested one (1)
Mitsubishi Canter loaded with Seventy-Nine (79) 100kg bags of foreign rice
along Yauri road in Kontagora axis of Niger State.
“The Duty Paid Value for this bags of
rice is put at N2,686,000.00.
“This seizure is coming on the heels
of One Iveco fourteen (14) tyre truck loaded with Two hundred and Ninety-Two
(292) 50kg bags of imported rice concealed with sugarcane in order to beat our
officers on routine patrol.
“The Customs Area Controller is using
this medium to state that there is no hiding place for smugglers within the
Niger/Kogi Command area, especially during this Christmas season.
“We Officers and men of Niger/Kogi
Command are ready to confront all the challenges that militate against our
successes.
“We will continue to build on the
achievements so far made in both revenue generation and anti-smuggling feats,
while the Command wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year
ahead
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