Customs seize vehicles illegally taking large amount of fuel to Cameroon

Customs seize vehicles illegally taking large amount of fuel to Cameroon

The Operation Whirlwind of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has seized a total of 41,425 litres of petrol loaded in Jerry cans and drums from dealers suspected to be smuggling petrol across the Adamawa State borderlines with the Republic of Cameroon.

The special operation unit similarly confiscated nine cars of various brands illegally fitted with tanks and allegedly used to load fuel from around Adamawa State to Cameroon.

The national coordinator of Operation Whirlwind, Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, disclosed this on Wednesday during a press briefing in Yola, saying the seizures were made between when the NCS Comptroller General announced the first set of seizures earlier in May this year and now.

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Giving the latest seizures during the news briefing at the Adamawa/Taraba Zonal headquarters of the NCS in Yola, Ejibunu said: “Today, we have another seizure of 1,481 kegs (Jerry cans) and 20 drums, containing 25 litres each and 220 each litres respectively, which translate into 41,425 litres of PMS (petrol)”

He said the containers of petrol were seized with nine means of conveyers, being different brands of cars fitted with petrol-carrying tankers hidden by thickly tinted windscreens

He explained that the seizures were of the cumulative duty value of N48,547,500.

“These interceptions were made on different dates and locations across Mubi-Sahuda road, Girei-Wuro Boki axis, Maiha road, Angwan Tana-Bajin Kogi axis, and other places,” he said.

Customs seize vehicles illegally taking large amount of fuel to Cameroon