The Nigerian Customs Service has intercepted 45,000 litres of adulterated diesel and about 11,000 litres of petrol among other seizures recorded within Ogun State in the last 8 weeks.
The Ogun – One Area Customs Command also generated about 13 million naira revenue from the auction sales of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, popularly called petrol, intercepted at different locations and exit points to the Republic of Benin during the period.
Customs Area Controller of the Command, Mr Bamidele Makinde who made these known to newsmen at Idi Iroko said they also obstructed the illegal importation of about 14 trailer loads of foreign parboiled rice into the country.
He maintained that allowing the smuggled rice to gain access to the Nigerian market could undermine the Federal Government’s Rice Agriculture Policy.
Mr Makinde explained that the estimated cumulative Duty Paid Value, DPV, of all the seizures made during the period was about one point two billion naira, stating that intercepting smuggled items could inflict gross financial injury on the perpetrators.
While applauding the support of traditional rulers and other sister security agencies in the fight against cross-border crimes, the Customs Area Controller also announced the handing over of intercepted consignments of illicit drugs and narcotics worth about 221 million naira to the NDLEA Commander of Narcotics, Idi Iroko Special Command, Mrs Ibinabo Achiabia.
Olusegun Folarin
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