EFCC defends arrest of suspected food smugglers

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has justified the interception and arrest of 21 trucks loaded with food items allegedly being smuggled to neighbouring countries, describing it as economic sabotage. The justification was made in Abuja on Wednesday, March…

Customs on standby ahead of Nigeria-Niger border reopening

The Nigeria Customs Service Sokoto-Zamfara area command says it’s on standby for the reopening of the Nigeria-Niger border at Illela Sokoto state. The Customs Area Controller, Kamal Mohammed, while on a working visit at the border post, said he was…

NAQS begins clampdown on food hoarders, smugglers

The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service(NAQS) has commenced a nationwide clampdown on the smuggling and hoarding of agricultural commodities in a move to stabilise food prices. The agency, which is responsible for regulating the handling of agricultural products in Nigeria, said…

Quarantine service begins clampdown on food smugglers, hoarders

The Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service, on Monday, joined in clamping down on hoarders and smugglers of food items and other agricultural produce, as it announced the deployment of more officers to Nigeria’s land and sea borders. It said the move…

Customs releases ceased bullion van with over ₦24m, 12 bags of foreign rice

The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun State Area II Command, on Friday, released a bullion van arrested at Olorunda area in April 2022 for its involvement in smuggling of foreign rice across the border communities of the state. The Area Comptroller…

Customs intercepts 15,449 litres of PMS, others items worth over N13million

The Customs Area Controller, Adamawa/Taraba area Command, Comptroller Salisu Abdullahi, has said the command had recorded 19 seizures of assorted items such as 15,449 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) with a cumulative Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N13,749,110.35. Abdullahi…

8 dead in Texas crash after police chase suspected migrant smuggler

Eight people died on Wednesday when the driver of a car suspected of carrying smuggled migrants fled police and smashed into an oncoming vehicle on a south Texas highway. The crash happened about 6.30am when the driver of a 2009…

Ban on vehicle importation through Seme border still in force- Customs

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has debunked some media reports that the Federal Government has lifted the ban on vehicle importation through the Seme border. Mr Hussaini Abdullahi, Customs Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Seme Area Command, disclosed this in an…

3 Russian sailors detained in Egypt over drug smuggling arrive in Moscow – Trade Union

Three of the five Russian cargo ship sailors earlier detained in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria over alleged transportation of drugs arrived in Moscow on Thursday morning. The Southern territorial organisation of the Russian Seafarers’ Union disclosed this. On…

Pirate attacks: Nigerian waters now worse than Somalia (Sun)

Incessant attacks on Nigerian waterways are not only sabotaging the nation economy but giving Nigeria bad image before the international community. This comes as the illegal activities of piracy, oil bunkering, smuggling, human trafficking and sundry transnational crimes now take…

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