The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, has seized two trucks with 140 gas cylinders and 678 bags of NPK fertilizers.
The contrabands were being smuggled into the country from Niger Republic.
The NCS Controller, Zone B, Mr. Mustapha Sarki-Kebbi, who disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday in Katsina also said that the three vehicles conveying the goods were seized.
According to him, the seizures were made a week ago along Jibia-Agangaro road in Jibia Local Government Area of the state.
Sarki-Kebbi reiterated that the country’s borders remained closed and any goods brought in through the borders would be apprehended.
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He said that the arrest was for security and safety reasons, adding that the cylinders were old and criminals could use them to kill people.
He also revealed that the command arrested another truck carrying 678 bags of NPK fertilizers, which was banned from being imported into the country.
The controller noted that criminals use NPK fertilizers to endanger people’s lives.
Furthermore, he said that the customs also seized 200 smuggled used tyres, 578 bags of foreign rice, 322 jerricans of vegetable oil, 90 bales of second-hand clothes and soap, among others.
The controller said that the items had a Duty Paid Value of N185 million.
