Customs seize goods worth 20 Million Naira in Kano

Nigerian Customs operatives attached to Kano/Jigawa Area Command have intercepted a truck stashed with contraband worth N20 million, intended for sale in the country.

The truck, which is fully loaded with seized goods including 680 cartons of Eva soap, 80 bales of second hand clothes and 20 cartons of Oba Gold macaroni, all identified as contraband under Nigeria’s Import and Export Regulations was intercepted from Maigatari Border town in Jigawa outstation.

Addressing reporters shortly after the operation, the Comptroller in Charge of the Command, Abutu Mathias said no arrest was made but investigations are ongoing to identify owners of the goods and thereafter destroy the goods as provided by law.

Mathias disclosed that the operation was successful through the support of Maigatari Police Divisional Headquarters and Army officers attached to operation Salama in Jigawa state.

According to the Comptroller, Maigatari Border town has for many years remained very tough for Customs to operate because of committed and continued resistance by the smugglers, who in many occasions overpowered officers on duty especially when the smugglers travel in group.

Meanwhile, the command said while they continue to enforce Nigeria’s Export and Import laws, they equally await further directives from the Comptroller General of Customs who was vested with the responsibility of deciding what to do with goods such as these.