Customs intercepts truckload of vandalised rail sleepers, auctions seized petrol

The Sokoto area command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a truck conveying a 20-feet container laden with vandalised railway tracks along with three suspects on the Kajiji-Kebbi road. Addressing newsmen on Monday, the Area Controller, Kamal Muhammed, said that on June 8, 2024, operatives of the command clamped down on a notorious […]

The Sokoto area command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a truck conveying a 20-feet container laden with vandalised railway tracks along with three suspects on the Kajiji-Kebbi road.

Addressing newsmen on Monday, the Area Controller, Kamal Muhammed, said that on June 8, 2024, operatives of the command clamped down on a notorious cartel that specialised in vandalisation of railway tracks.

He said, “A truck conveying a 20-feet container laden with vandalised railway tracks along with three suspects were intercepted by the command’s monitoring team on the Kajiji-Kebbi road.”

He further said that the suspects could not tender evidence of allocation from the Federal Ministry of Transport.

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The controller made the revelation while auctioning 11,270 litres of seized petrol, noting that maritime and cross-border smuggling of PMS had a negative impact on the overall supply chain of the product in addition to the possibility of funding of criminal activities with the proceeds.