Customs Intercepts 1,245 Ammunition Concealed in Bags of Rice at Ogun
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The Ogun 1 Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has announced an interception of
1,245 ammunition concealed in bags of rice.
The ammunition were found at the border area of Ogun State between Nigeria and Republic of Benin, according to the Area Controller, Comptroller Bamidele Makinde.
Makinde at a press briefing disclosed that the interception was made on Friday following intelligence report.
Describing this as a threat to national security, he put the value of the seized ammunition at N17,638,145.
The Controller said the drivers of the vehicle in a bid to evade arrest took to their heels and ran into the bush on sighting his men.
He told newsmen, “We swung into action by deploying our operatives on 24 hours surveillance to thwart their nefarious activities. At about 0024 hours on Friday, 12th August, 2023, the Roving B Team of the Command intercepted five old vehicles, (Toyota Camry with Chassis No. 4TIBG22KIWU312145, Toyota Camry with Chassis No. 4TIXK1263NU108237 and three Mazda 626 cars with Chassis Nos. JM2GD14H201568566, JMZGF14F201173029 and JMZGF14P20141862 respectively), loaded with 203 bags of foreign parboiled rice of 50kg each abandoned in a bush path at to Bolo Junction, close to an exit point to the Republic of Benin, and near Ijoun, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. The drivers who were suspected to have been hinted at the movement of our operatives, escaped through the bush of the said area, in order to evade arrest”.
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