Tag: intercepts
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INSECURITY! Nig Customs intercepts bomb production items in Benin
Nigerian Customs Service has reportedly intercepted a bomb production materials in Benin, the Edo State capital. The interception was made by the Federal Operations Unit, Zone C, on Monday. According to the NCS, it intercepted bomb-making raw materials from suspected smugglers. Customs Area Controller, Deputy Comptroller Kayode Kolade, made the disclosure while addressing journalists at…
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Customs intercepts 3,122 rounds of ammunition in Imo
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’ Owerri of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted a cache of ammunition along the Elele-Port Harcourt Road. The service also snatched 2,682 bags of 50kg foreign rice as well as six truckloads of vegetable oil containing over 10, 000 cartons imported from Malaysia, all amounting to a…
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Customs seizes 440 US/Italy made guns imported to Nigeria from Turkey
The Nigeria Customs Service, Tin Can Island Command, on Tuesday, intercepted a container laden with 440 arms and ammunition of various sizes and designs. Speaking about the seizure, the zonal commander, Tin Can Island command, Monday Abue, who represented the Comptroller-General, NCS, Col. Hameed Ali (retd.), said that the cargo was shipped from Turkey. He…