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Nigeria Customs Seizes ₦3.1 Billion Contraband, Arrests 13 in Three Weeks

Temitope Nlewemchi — Tue, 26 May 2026 13:45:30 +0000

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has announced the interception of contraband goods valued at ₦3.1 billion and the arrest of 13 suspected smugglers in a sweeping anti-smuggling operation carried out over the last three weeks. The operation, which spanned several border points, highways, and storage facilities, was part of the NCS’s intensified enforcement drive to [...]

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Customs CG Declares War on Smugglers, Seizes ₦93m PMS in Adamawa

Temitope Nlewemchi — Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:08:36 +0000

The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified the agency’s crackdown on smuggling activities across the country, declaring an all-out war on economic saboteurs as operatives intercepted Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) valued at over ₦93 million in Adamawa State. The latest seizure underscores the agency’s renewed commitment to curbing the illegal movement of [...]

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Custom Officers Kills Suspected Smugglers, Injures Four in Severe Fight

Abiodun A. — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 19:49:35 +0000

The Ogun state police command has confirmed the death of a suspected smuggler during a fight with men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NSC) Ogun state command in Ayetoro town in Ogun state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirming the incident said four persons including an officer of Customs sustained injuries. She said [...]

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We Will Reveal The Names, Block Bank Accounts Of Smugglers – CBN

David Folami — Tue, 07 May 2019 12:41:08 +0000

The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele has threatened to reveal the names of persons and companies involved in smuggling and dumping textile materials into the country which has caused the fall of textile industries and boosted unemployment, insecurity in Nigeria. He disclosed that CBN is investigating the accounts of those culprits [...]

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NDLEA Nabs Two Cannabis Smugglers In Ogun State

Wale Adebayo — Fri, 25 Dec 2015 12:29:01 +0000

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Ogun State has impounded a truck load of cannabis sativa packaged as biscuits and cheese balls. The 3,542.25kg bags of banned narcotics were intercepted by officials of the NDLEA at the Odeda axis of Ijebu-Igbo in Ijebu North Local Government in Ogun State. The two suspects are Ihenacho [...]

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