Smuggling

The Adamawa/Taraba State Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has seized contraband goods worth ₦51,947,500 (approximately $58,000) in three weeks of intensified anti-smuggling operations. According to the Command’s…

The Nigerian Shippers’ Council (NSC) has stated that its newly introduced International Cargo Tracking Note (ICTN) will play a vital role in combating drug trafficking, arms smuggling, and other illicit activities that contribute to…

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has called for increased collaboration among security agencies to effectively address smuggling and its detrimental effects on Nigeria’s economy. The Comptroller-General of the NCS, Adewale Adeniyi,…

The Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Bashir Adeniyi has auctioned Petroleum Motor Spirit, PMS, to the public in Yola, the Adamawa State Capital, at the rate of six hundred and fifty naira N650 per liter. The auctioned…

Ugandan authorities have currently detained Stephen Tarus, Kenya's former Assistant Minister for Internal Security, on charges of smuggling gold into the country using counterfeit documents. Arrested last week, Mr Tarus was brought…

The Area Comptroller of the Kwara State Command of the Nigerian Customs Service, Comptroller Kehinde Ilesanmi, says the Command generated over five billion naira (N5, 992,300,562.73) between June 2023 and October 2023. Ilesanmi disclosed…

The Nigerian Customs Service says it would soon sensitise Corps Members on the dangers of smuggling. This was disclosed by the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Colonel Hameed Ibrahim Ali who said that the…

Officers of the Anti Vandal and Commandant Monitoring Team of the Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC, have arrested a suspected smuggler of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise known as petrol. The…

The Nigerian Customs Service, North-Central Zone (which comprises Kwara, Kogi, Niger and Benue States), has recorded a total number of 35 seizures of various prohibited items from April 1st this year till date. This was…