The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the interception of 940 rounds of live ammunition during a special anti-smuggling operation along the border line on Thursday.
The Comptroller of the command, Ahmadu Shuaibu, disclosed this during a press conference where seized contrabands with a duty paid value of N557,120,828 were paraded before the press.
Shuaibu explained that his officers had been tracking the ammunition for over two weeks from the neighbouring Republic of Benin before it was eventually smuggled into Nigeria.
The smugglers had concealed the bullets inside sacks of cassava flakes (garri) in an attempt to deceive border security.
During the operation, the suspects abandoned the contraband and escaped through a bush path. Shuaibu appealed to Nigerians to join forces with the Command in its fight against smuggling of harmful substances, light weapons, arms, and ammunition.
The comptroller also listed other seizures, including 123 sacks and 3,172 parcels of cannabis sativa (Indian Hemp), 380 pieces of donkey skin, 304 bales of used clothes, and 910 cartons of frozen poultry products, among others.
These items were intercepted at the creeks, border lines, and other strategic locations across the State.
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