The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) says it intercepted 940 rounds of live ammunition during its special anti-smuggling operation along the border line on Thursday.
The Nigeria Customs Service says it intercepted 940 rounds of live ammunition during its special anti-smuggling operation along the border line on Thursday. The Comptroller of the command, Ahmadu Shuaibu, said this on Friday, during a press conference where seized contrabands with the duty paid value of N557,120,828 were paraded before press men.
“The Command had been on its trail for more than 2 weeks, from the Republic of Benin, before it was eventually smuggled into the country. “During the trail of the cartel, the received intel revealed the level of surveillance mounted and security beef-up by the unscrupulous elements, to safeguard the items and evade arrest.
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