AN attempt to smuggle a petroleum product to another country was thwarted by operatives of Oyo/Osun area command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) when they intercepted 141 drums of 200 litres each of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly known as petrol. Also, the area command collected a total of N5,436,756,547.04 billion as revenue in April, which indicated an increase of N905,917,556.46 million when compared with the amount collected within the same period in 2021. This made the total revenue collected from January to April to be N19,031,603,833.66 billion. Further in its anti-smuggling operation, the Comptroller stated further that between March 11 and May 23, the area command made series of interceptions comprising 76 seizures and four suspects’ detention. In addition, 67 compressed wraps of cannabis were also intercepted by the command’s operatives with three suspects arrested.

Source: Nigerian Tribune May 24, 2022 10:02 UTC