From January 2022 to the present, the Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Command, has impounded 10,865 jerrycans of Premium Motor Spirit with a Duty Paid Value of N65.6 million.
Comptroller Bello Jibo, Customs Area Controller, Seme Command, provided the figures during a media briefing on the handover of seized illegal drugs and the suppression of smuggling activities on the petroleum product.
Jibo explained that this was done to ensure the safety and welfare of Nigerians, particularly in the fight against drug trafficking.
The Comptroller turned over to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and the National Agency for Food Drugs Administration and Control 100 cartons of gabadol/tramadol 120mg, 2.8 kilogrammes and 306 parcels of cannabis sativa, 132 packets of tramadol capsules, 77 packets of tramadol, and a number of other illicit drugs.
Jibo said, “The continuous surveillance of the beaches and creeks by our men, has yet recorded another huge interception of 1,600 jerry cans of petroleum product, 30 fitres each.”
The arrest was said to have been made in the late hours of Tuesday, June 7, 2022, along Seme-Badagry waterways.