By Umar Dankano Yola.
The Adamawa/Taraba Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service,NCS has seized contraband goods with duty paid value (DPV) worth seventy-nine million. eight hundred and fifty-six thousand, five hundred (N79,857,500) naira only.
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Area Comptroller of the Command,Comp t.Aminu Tanko made the disclosure at a press conference in Yola on Friday sayin g that, operational and decisive action of the operatives in his command yielded the success story in combating smuggling and unlawful trade practices along our border corridors.
Comptroller Tanko explained that in the last five weeks officers of his command guided by actionable intelligence and continuous tactical surveillance executed a series of successful anti-smuggling operations across our Area of Responsibility.
“On Sunday, 16′ August, 2026 at about 0021 hrs, the command operatives acting on actionable intelligence raided River Benue bank along the Ribadu axis and uncovered four hundred and fifty-one (451) cartons of foreign bar soap stockpiled at the shoreline in the bush.
“In a similar operation on 20th August, 2026, three hundred and seventy-four (374) Jerry cans of 25-litre Premium motor spirit PMS were also unearthed along a bush path in Sahuda, situated on the Nigeria-Cameroon border.
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“A Mitsubishi Canter with Reg no. XB 566 GML loaded with one hundred and sixteen (116) bags of foreign parboiled rice 50kg each and fifty (50) cartons of foreign soaps was intercepted along Wuro Aihaji-Maiha axis on Monday, 14 September, 2026 at about 201 hours.
“Equally, two hundred and ninety-nine (299) Jerry Cans of PMS, 25 litres each were intercepted on Monday, 21th September, 2026 along Belel-Goshidan axis with an intent to be smuggled out of the country”.Tanko stated.
According to him, another one hundred and fifty (150) bags of foreign parboiled rice 50kg each were seized on the 2nd October 2026 with another 20 bags of 100kg of local maize, and eleven (11) bales plus five (5) jumbo sacks of second-hand clothing gathered in the bush path along Maiha-Mubi axis meant for onward smuggling were discovered and seized by the operatives.
“Summary of Interception and Seizures 673 Jerry Cans of PMS of 25 litres each, translated to 16,825 litres,501 cartons of foreign bar soaps, 266 bags of foreign parboiled rice, 50kg each,11 bales and 5 jumbo sacks of second-hand clothing and one Mitsubishi Canter, means of conveyance of the contraband goods.
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“The aggregate Duty Paid Value (DPV) of the seized items stands at seventy-nine million. eight hundred and fifty-six thousand, five hundred (N79,857,500) naira only.
“These seizures were effected in accordance with the NCS Act, 2023 under sections, 150, 233, 245, 246 and 248 coupled with Schedule 3 (Import Prohibition List) of the Common External Tariff (CET)”. The Comptroller maintained.
