Six suspected smugglers nabbed in Katsina

Six suspected smugglers have been arrested in Katsina in connection to various seized items with a Duty Paid Value of N108 million. Displaying the confiscated items, the state comptroller of customs, Kiriwa Abdullahi, said they were conveyed in 73 vehicles amongst them four trailers. He listed the items to include, 1,632 bags of foreign rice, […]

Six suspected smugglers have been arrested in Katsina in connection to various seized items with a Duty Paid Value of N108 million.

Displaying the confiscated items, the state comptroller of customs, Kiriwa Abdullahi, said they were conveyed in 73 vehicles amongst them four trailers.

He listed the items to include, 1,632 bags of foreign rice, 440 jerry cans of vegetable oil, nine bales of used clothes, 283 cartons of spaghetti and 81 bags of sugar, as well as 26 cartons of Tiger Head dry cell battery and 28 cartons of Macaroni.

He said the four trailers were loaded with potash, unprocessed hides and skin, used motor batteries as well as one loaded with 50,000 litres of AGO.

Those arrested will be prosecuted as soon as investigations are completed according to laid down rules and regulations of the land, he added.