5th May, 2023
By Ibrahim Kado
The Nigeria Customs Service has seized smuggled goods worth N55.3 million at the border between Adamawa and Taraba since April 18.
Mr Suleiman Abdullahi, the Customs Comptroller in charge of the area, confirmed while speaking with newsmen on Friday in Yola
“Adamawa/Taraba border and other North-eastern borders had been officially closed over the years. Some unscrupulous people still make their way through the closed borders all the same.
He said smuggled goods included a truck conveying petroleum products with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N18.7 million and another truck conveying 493 bags of fertiliser with a DPV of N7.7 million.
Others were a Toyota Starlet car conveying petroleum products; 10 bags of foreign parboiled rice and 23,520 sachets of foreign Vodka without NAFDAC certification.
Abdullahi advised smugglers to turn in new leaves as the Customs Service would not spare them.
NAN