Tag: smuggling
Man jailed for smuggling cigarettes to suspect in police cell
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 20-year-old youth has been arrested and charged before Magistrate’s court sitting in Ejigbo for attempting to smuggle…
Court jails two for $5.5m cash smuggling
Two Nigerians, Ojukwu Nnamdi Roland and Ngene Linus Chibuike, arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos while attempting to…
Smuggling: Ex- Naval officer bags 4-year jail term
A dismissed Naval officer was on Thursday sentenced to four years imprison after pleading guilty to illegally escorting contrabands from…
Customs C-G warns border communities against smuggling
The Controller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), retired Col. Hameed Ali, has warned border communities in the country to…
Nigeria Customs Service In Anti-terrorism Operation
Achum Tobechukwu Valentine The Nigeria Customs Service has as its core functions the collection of excise duties and accounting for…
Frozen Poultry: Customs destroy 1,583 cartons, vow to cripple smuggling
The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday vowed to keep up the fight against smuggling of…
Customs destroy 1,583 cartons of frozen poultry, vow to end smuggling
The Western Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service on Tuesday vowed to keep up the fight against smuggling of…
Nigeria loses over N540.3bn to smuggling of poultry products
The Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN) says Nigeria is losing about 2.75 billion dollars (N540.38 billion equivalent) through smuggling of…
Saudi beheads two for murder, drug smuggling
Saudi Arabia on Thursday beheaded a Pakistani man convicted of drug smuggling and a Saudi for murder, the interior ministry…
FG to battle smuggling, cross border crimes
The Federal Government on Wednesday said it would take comprehensive action against smuggling and other cross-border crimes. Labaran Maku, Minister…
Man Arrested With N1b At Airport For Trial
A 25-year old man, Abubakar Sheriff Tijani who was recently arrested while trying to smuggle $7 million (about N1.1 billion)…
Jonathan Lists Global Security Roles Of Customs
By Esther Komolafe President Goodluck Jonathan has stressed the need for collaboration between Customs administrations world wide, saying it could…