News Customs Recovers Lawmaker’s N60m SUV From Armed Robbers
“The operatives requested for the vehicle customs documents from the occupants. The two occupants who could not produce any document disembarked from the vehicle, pretending to be making a call to the owner and suddenly took to their heels and ran into the bush and abandoned the vehicle.“While conducting search on the vehicle, the operatives found a complimentary card bearing details of a National Assembly member.
“I want to assure you that once the Customs duty of the said vehicle is produced by the owner and confirmed to be genuine, the sector will hand over the vehicle to Nigeria Police Force for further investigations and theft clarification.”He disclosed that the Taskforce in the last four months,made 187 seizures, adding that, “during the period under review, Sector 3 has intercepted a total of three stolen vehicles.
“It is worthy of note that Sector 3 during the period, successfully recorded 187 seizures valuing N302.6 million.” He announced that the sector lost one of its officers to an unwarranted attack by yet-to-be identified persons. “On a sad note, on Friday 21st October, 2022, the Sector 3 operatives on information patrol were attacked by a group of hoodlums who laid ambush and pelted them with stones, bottles, cutlasses, sticks, charms, guns and other dangerous items at Igboho town of Orelope local government of Oyo state, when officers were coming to headquarters with the seized rice and PMS at Sinau-Kenu Road in Baruten LGA of Kwara.
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