Customs Seizes N137m Smuggled Rice, And Used Cloths

The Strike Force Team of the Nigeria Customs Service, NIS, has intercepted 5,662 bags of smuggled rice and 137 bales of secondhand clothes all valued at N137 million.

Briefing newsmen at government warehouse yesterday in Calabar, Cross River State, Mr. Abdullahi Kirawa, National Coordinator, Headquarters of the NIS Strike Force Team, Abuja, said the seizure was made within Cross River and Akwa Ibom states Area Command of the service.