Tag: Anti-Smuggling

Customs Reinforces Anti-Fuel Smuggling, Deploys New Officers
June 5, 2025 No Responses

Customs Reinforces Anti-Fuel Smuggling, Deploys New Officers

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified its efforts to combat fuel smuggling with the deployment of newly inducted officers to Operation Whirlwind, a tactical unit launched in May 2024 to check the illegal movement of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS)...
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Customs Impounds 49, 000 Litres of PMS
May 24, 2025 No Responses

Customs Impounds 49, 000 Litres of PMS

The Nigeria Custom Service (NCS) has intensified its anti-smuggling operations in Nigeria’s northeastern corridor, intercepting Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and vehicles with a total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of over ₦63 million.According to Customs, the success...
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Navy Bursts Petrol-Smuggling Syndicate
November 24, 2024 No Responses

Navy Bursts Petrol-Smuggling Syndicate

The Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Mbo local government area of Akwa Ibom State, has smashed a syndicate specialising in smuggling petroleum products and other contraband goods to Cameroon and other countries within the Gulf of Guinea region...
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Customs Auctions 67,000 Liters Of Seized PMS
November 11, 2024 No Responses

Customs Auctions 67,000 Liters Of Seized PMS

Operation WHIRLWIND of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), being coordinated by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) has auctioned 67,000 Liters Of Seized Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N84, 870,000,000In a statement on...
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Customs Partners FRSC On Data Sharing, Vehicle Smuggling
October 4, 2023 No Responses

Customs Partners FRSC On Data Sharing, Vehicle Smuggling

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),on Tuesday signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) for automated data sharing of vehicle registration. The Ag. Comptroller-General of NCS, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi along with his count...
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Navy Impounds 251 Bags Of Smuggled Rice
June 18, 2021 No Responses

Navy Impounds 251 Bags Of Smuggled Rice

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Ibaka, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom, has impounded 251 bags of smuggled rice and siezed the boat used in smuUggling the rice.  The Commanding Officer, FOB, Navy Capt. Suleiman Abdullahi, disclosed...
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Customs Strike Force Generates N1.4b In Four
December 17, 2020 No Responses

Customs Strike Force Generates N1.4b In Four

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Controller General of Customs (CGC) Strike Force Team Zone “A’’, generated N1.4 billion in four weeks. Deputy Comptroller Ahmadu Shuaibu, the Coordinator of the zone, made the disclosure on Wednesday  during a dis...
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