Customs Intercept Petrol Tanker Loaded With Bags Of Rice Along Nigeria-Cameroon Border

The Nigeria Customs Service in Adamawa revealed that it has intercepted bags of foreign rice hidden in a PMS tanker and Urea fertilser concealed in black polythene bags, with other banned items worth over N144 million.

The seizures occurred along the Nigeria-Cameroon border route over a period of two months.

Other items recovered include 165 kilogram of pangolin scales and 1,000 kilogram of donkey skins wrapped in 10 sacks and PMS worth over N12 million.

Briefing the media in Yola, Comptroller of Customs, Adamawa/Taraba Area Command, Olaniyi Alajogun, disclosed that the seizure was part of the measures put in place to curb smuggling activities along the route.