Customs intercepts Dangote truck with 700 Bags of smuggled rice worth N11m

The patrol team of the Nigeria Customs Service around Minna-Lambata-Suleja axis of Kogi State has intercepted a Dangote truck with registration number XA 297 -NAK transporting 700 bags of rice worth N 11,900,000.

This is coming few months after the command had earlier intercepted another Dangote Truck with registration number; DAL 769 XA DSR-1B-019 conveying 520 bags of 50kg rice worth N8, 840,000 concealed with 50 bags of sugar worth N697,000 along Mokwa axis of the Command.

In a press statement issued today (Thursday) by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Mr. B.O Lomba, the command said, “It is worrisome that some Nigerians remain unrepentant even as they continue to lose their goods, not even the Federal Government’s visible efforts in transforming the Agricultural sector; especially in the area of rice production has touched their conscience to avoid smuggling of rice.

“The Customs Area Controller revealed that his officers and men are totally committed and with the renewed strategy and proactive measures put in place in discovering new tactics of smugglers is yielding positive results”.

In his words, “The Command is set to key into Federal Government policies and the Next Level Agenda to encourage Home-Grown Rice which will go a long way in creating employment opportunity to our teaming youth.

“To this end, the CAC appealed to the general public to always embrace legitimate means of livelihood and avoid smuggling in all its ramifications.

” The eagle eye is all around Niger/Kogi Command to uncover and suppress the smuggling to the barest minimum in the interest of the economic prosperity and national development”, the statement read.