Afrigather The Nigeria Customs Service, Ogun 1 Space Command, has seized 23 trailers, together with Dangote vans, allegedly loaded with international rice hid inside cement luggage.
Bamidele Makinde, the Space Controller, made the announcement throughout a press convention in Idi-Iroko, Ipokia Native Authorities, Ogun State, on the command’s accomplishments within the third quarter of the yr.
Makinde said that preliminary findings present that the Dangote vans seized weren’t owned by the corporate, however had been being operated by people who transport cement underneath a franchise settlement with the corporate.
The command’s seizures had been listed by the customs chief as follows: 11,358 luggage of smuggled international rice of 50kg every, which is roughly 38 trailer hundreds; three vans loaded with 513 luggage of smuggled rice intercepted throughout anti-smuggling operations alongside the Obada axis and Ibese/Itori highway, Yewa-North Native Authorities Space of Ogun State.
He mentioned;
“These folks you see smuggling with vans with Dangote imprinted on them are usually not actual Dangote vans. They aren’t owned by the corporate, however they function underneath a franchise settlement.
The command recorded seizures of 1,550 items of used tyres and 180 bales of used clothings in a warehouse located alongside Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State.
Particulars of different seizures and their DPVs are 227 seizures, comprising 16 items of autos used as technique of conveyance; two items of used autos (Tokunbo); 2,706 kegs (67,650 Litres) of Premium Motor Spirit, eight items of bikes (Technique of Conveyance).”
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