Customs seizes 16,643 bags of rice in Katsina

The Kaduna/Katsina Command of the Nigeria Custom
Service has seized 16,408 bags of 50kg rice and 235
bags of 25kg rice from January to December, 2016
with a duty paid value of N121,229,720.00
The Comptroller of the command, Mohammed Jafar
Tukur said other items seized include used clothes,
vegetable oil, spagetti, macroni, illicit pharmaceutical
drugs, used tires with a duty paid value of over
N350m.
According to him, there is no going back on the
enforcement on ban on importation of vehicle through
the land border adding that the ban will enhance
security by ensuring proper documentation and
standadization of vehicles coming into the country.
He said, the command has mapped out new operational
strategies aimed at fishing out 'bad eggs' among the
men and officers in the command adding that '
aggressive sensitization will soon commence to educate
and enlighten the people especially border communities
on government new importation policies'
He warned smugglers to desist from their unwholesome
acts by having a rethink as policies are meant to make
the nation better.