The Ogun 1 Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said its operatives impounded no fewer than 6,924 bags of smuggled foreign parboiled rice,
The command also intercepted and seized two brand new 2022 model Toyota Hiace buses, with chassis numbers JTHN9CPOP6018610 and JTGHN9CP7P6019835, while they were being smuggled into Nigeria through a bush path between Sawonjo and Imasayi communities in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
The controller of the Ogun 1 Area Command, Bamidele Makinde, disclosed this on Tuesday while addressing newsmen at the NCS office in Abeokuta. According to him, the command engaged in trade facilitation during the period by working with compliant traders and deliberating on how their business activities could be further enhanced “through our trade facilitation mechanism.”
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