By our Correspondent
The Nigerian Custom Service has announced seizure of over N79.3 million
contraband from suspected smugglers in Katsina State
The announcement was made by the command’s Area Comptroller, Dalha Wada Chedi on Wednesday while addressing journalists on the achievements of the command between August 15 and September 28 in Katsina, the state capital.
He said the comtrabands included 650 bags (50kg and 25kg) of foreign rice, 300 bags of foreign flour, 100 pieces of used vehicles tyres, 491 kegs of premium motor spirit (PMS), 96 cartons of foreign spaghetti, 95 cartons of foreign macaroni and 70 cartons of foreign couscous.
Other items were 75 bags of foreign fertilizer (50kg each), 21 bags (100kg) of tiger nuts, 96 cartons of foreign milky creamer, 50 bales and 30 sacks of second hand clothing, 46 rolls polythene sheet and eight jerrycans of vegetable oil, among others.
Alhaji Wada explained that 15 units of different brands of vehicles, including means of conveyance, valued at N35,945,000 million were also seized by operatives of the command within the period under review.
On revenue collection, Chedi said the command collected the sum of N124,896,718.27 with an increase of N25,119,375.27 due to what he described as strategic resolutions conducted by security agencies along the Jibia-Katsina corridor within the period under review.
According to him, “Under the export, due to the same strategy, the tonnage of this particular period is 20,263.99 tonnes as against the last record of 10,827.40.
