Cameroun Border: Nigeria Customs Seizes Fuel Worth Several Millions
Nigeria Customs Service says it has seize smuggled goods with a duty-paid value exceeding N63 million during a five-week special anti-smuggling operation, Operation Whirlwind, in Zone D, Northeast Nigeria.
Addressing journalists at Customs House, Yola, Adamawa State Capital, the coordinator of operation whirlwind, Huseini Ejibunu, lauded the intelligence-driven and collaborative efforts of the operatives, which have curtailed smuggling activities across Adamawa State, particularly along unapproved border routes leading into Cameroon.
The seized items included 951 jerry cans filled with Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)—an equivalent of 48,975 liters of fuel—believed to be destined for smuggling across the border.
Also intercepted were five vehicles used for transporting the illicit fuel.
Ejibunu noted
Olusola Akintonde
