Operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service, Area 1 Command, Ogun State, have seized an articulated vehicle belonging to Dangote Cement Company, fully loaded with 600 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice smuggled into the country.
This was disclosed by the Customs Area Controller, Peter Kolo, during a press briefing on Wednesday.
Three persons, including the truck driver, were arrested as they were conveying the consignment to the eastern part of the country.
Kolo said the truck was seized at Ijoun border area of Ogun State and that investigation was ongoing to unravel those behind the massive smuggling activity.
In March, the controller stated that a truck owned by the Nigerian Bottling Company used to smuggle contraband goods into the country was also seized. In April, Kolo said the command made a seizure of 7,000 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice, equal to 12 trailer loads.
“Just a few days ago, another articulated truck bearing the inscription and logo of Dangote Cement Company was intercepted in the Ijoun border area and was loaded with over 600 bags of 50kg foreign parboiled rice and heading for the eastern part of the country.
“Three persons were arrested, including the driver of the vehicle, and investigation is going to unravel those behind the massive smuggling activity.”
