The Sokoto/Zamfara Customs Area Command has auctioned 11,270 litres of seized premium Motor Spirit to the public at an official rate of N180 per litre.
Similarly, the command also handed over a truck load of 20-ft container laden rail slippers along with three suspects to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
The Area Command Controller, Comptroller Kamal Muhammed, while declaring the commencement of the exercise yesterday in Sokoto, said it was in compliance with the CGC’s matching order to seal up all routes used for the smuggling of petroleum products.
The operatives under the aegis of Zone “ B” whirlwind tactical team with reinforcement by officers and men of the Area Command intercepted 11, 270 litres of premium spirit (PMS), popularly called petrol.
According to him ,this is in an effort of the Service to curtail smuggling and economic sabotage of petroleum products.
It could be recalled that the Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, on May 22, 2024 inaugurated an intelligence-driven tactical team code named whirlwind assigned with the sole mandate of combatting the smuggling of petroleum products to neighboring countries.
