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  • Updated: May 10, 2022

Customs Seizes N1.99bn Worth of Foreign Rice, Others In Kano, Jigawa

Customs Seizes N1.99bn Worth of Foreign Rice, Others In Kano

The Kano/Jigawa State command of the Nigerian Customs Service has seized foreign rice, drugs and other contrabands worth N1.99bn in the states.

The items seized include 3,387 cartons of foreign rice, hard drugs, spaghetti among other contrabands.   

This was disclosed by Kano/Jigawa command Comptroller, M.A. Umar in a press briefing.

Umar who made the disclosure in Kano on Tuesday stated that the operation that led to the seizure of the contraband took place between March and April, 2022.

He added that the command has also increased its revenue from N9.6bn to N14bn.  

He noted that with the command's effort in battling smuggling activities, "tremendous success" has been achieved.

“As part of our efforts of combating smuggling activities, our Command has achieved tremendous success seizing 1,593 bags of smuggled foreign rice valued at over N46.7m, 275 wraps of cannabis sativa and seven cartons of tramadol.

“Other items seized within this period include 1,237 cartons of foreign soap valued at 16.1m, 151 cartons of spaghetti, 131 bales of second hand clothes and 34,940 sachets of hard drugs.

“The total value of all seized items is N1,966,115,027.15,” as reported Daily Trust. 

While calling people to refrain from smuggling activities, he added that the seized drugs would be handed over to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

 

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