Kebbi: Customs Bust Smuggling Operation, Seize ₦20.5m Rice Cargo

Kebbi: Customs bust smuggling operation, seize ₦20.5m rice cargo

Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) zone B, have seized a

Customs Seize 250 Bags of Rice Hidden Inside Fuel Tanker in Kebbi

The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘B’, Kaduna, has intercepted 250 bags of foreign parboiled rice concealed inside a fuel tanker in Kebbi State. According to a statement released on Wednesday by the Unit’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs Saidu Nuruddeen, the seizure was made along the Yauri-Kontagora Road on August 3, 2025, following a tip-off. The intercepted DAF tanker was escorted to Ka…

Nigeria Customs Seize 250 Bags of Rice Concealed in Fuel Tanker

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘B’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in Kaduna has intercepted 250 bags of foreign parboiled rice hidden inside a fuel tanker, in a significant anti-smuggling operation along the Yauri-Kontagora Road in Kebbi State. The seizure, which took place on August 3, 2025, was announced on Wednesday, August 6, by the unit’s Public Relations Officer, Chief Superintendent of Customs Saidu Nuruddeen.Acting on credible i…

Customs nabs smugglers hiding 250 bags of rice in fuel tanker

GistReel Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘B’ in Kaduna, have intercepted 250 bags of smuggled foreign rice concealed inside a fuel tanker. The operation, which took place on Saturday, August 3, 2025, followed credible intelligence received by Customs operatives along the Yauri-Kontagora road in Kebbi State. The suspicious DAF tanker was stopped and escorted to the Unit’s headquarters in Kaduna for inspectio…

Customs Seizes Rice-laden Tanker, Other Items In Kaduna

Operatives of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone B of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on August 3, 2025, intercepted a DAF truck along the Yauri-Kontagora Road in Kebbi State. The truck, suspiciously modified to conceal contraband, was escorted to Kaduna, where a comprehensive physical inspection revealed that it contained 250 bags of foreign parboiled rice hidden inside the tanker. The illicit goods, with a duty paid value of ₦20.51 mill…

Customs Intercepts 250 Bags Of Foreign Rice Hidden In Fuel Tanker

The Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘B’ of the Nigeria Customs Service, Kaduna, has intensified its clampdown on smuggling with the interception of 250 bags of foreign parboiled rice cunningly concealed in a fuel tanker. The Unit also handed over seized pharmaceutical products and hazardous chemicals to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) and the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Ag…