A clash between smugglers and officials of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, at a border town in Ogun State, has left four people dead. The incident which reportedly happened at Ilara, in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of the state at about 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, had six people critically injured. The clash occurred when suspected smugglers in […]
Continue ReadingThe smuggling of rice through the land borders has continued to thrive in Badagry area of Lagos State in spite of the Federal Government’s ban on the practice. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that markets along Badagry Expressway close to Seme border, are stocked with various varieties of smuggled rice, especially as the […]
Continue ReadingThe Seme Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, through its spokesman, Selechang Taupyen on Thursday disclosed that rice smugglers have devised a method to beat security checks.According to Taupyen, the latest tactic of smugglers is to wrap bags of rice as corpses and load them in hearses. He said 11 bags of imported rice, wrapped as a […]
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