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Customs seizes contraband items worth over N92m in three months
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) for the North Central zone, Sector 3, says it has intercepted and seized 82 different items with a duty paid value of N92,547,752 Million naira from April till date.
Addressing journalists during the parade of seized items by the Sector Command in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, the coordinator, Comptroller Olugboyega Peters, said that smugglers have continued to advance with their techniques of smuggling.
According to him, the team has seized 39,000 litres of diesel packaged in 60 litres each concealed with sawdust in polythene sacks in Kogi state.
Comptroller Peters said other items seized include 1,735 bags of foreign parboiled rice of 50 kg each, 1,415 Jeri cans of 25 litres of petroleum products, 33 used vehicles, 12 bales of worn clothing, and 10 motorcycles.
He warned criminal elements operating in the area to shun the act and look for better means of livelihood.
Comptroller Peters added that the sector remained more determined than ever to make the area uncomfortable for smugglers.
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