Customs intercepts 1,825 bags of foreign rice in Katsina state
- The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) confiscates 35 vehicles used by smugglers in bringing commodities into the country
- The controller of the federal operations unit, Zone B, Usman Dakingari, says smugglers are using various ways to do their illegal business
- Police arrest 198 people for violating anti-grazing law in troubled Benue
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), federal operations unit, Zone B, intercepted 1,825 bags of foreign rice and other commodities from smugglers in Katsina state in May 2018.
The controller of the unit, Alhaji Usman Dakingari, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Wednesday, June 6.
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He said that the service seized 35 vehicles used by the smugglers in bringing the commodities into the country.
The controller also said that the service impounded 1,175 bags of sugar; 1,750 cartons of spaghetti; and 98 jerry cans of vegetable oil during the period under review.
“Our efforts to prevent smuggling has been challenging and rewarding.
“Smugglers are using various ways to do their illegal business. We are working and making progress,’’ Dakingari said.
He noted that rice smuggling in the country had reduced due to intensified efforts of customs.
Dakingari advised consumers with a high taste for foreign rice to change their habit because they did not know when the commodity was produced.
“It is not the production and expiry dates that matter; most smugglers re-bag the rice and write expiry date to deceive customers,’’ the controller said.
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He explained that the government banned importation of foreign rice to encourage local production and safeguard the health of the citizens.
Meanwhile, the commissioner of police in Benue, Fatai Owoseni, has revealed that a total of 198 people have been arrested and are currently facing prosecution in courts for allegedly violating the state’s open grazing prohibition law.
Vanguard reports that Owoseni made the disclosure in Makurdi, the capital of the state on Tuesday, June 5, saying the suspects included those involved in cattle rustling and those who engaged in open grazing of cattle.
According to Owoseni, the police command arrested 19 suspects over the clash that happened between rival cult groups in Otukpo local government area of the state.
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