One thousand, one hundred and forty-nine (1,149) jerry cans with each containing 30 litres of petroleum products valued at N33.7 million have been seized by the Nigerian Customs Service at a border town in the Sardauna Local Government Area of Taraba State.
The Operation Whirlwind of the Customs Service under the Adamawa/Taraba Command at Kan-Iyaka, a border town between Nigeria and Cameroon Republic in Sardauna Local Government Area of the state, made the seizure.
Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs, briefing journalists at the Customs House in Jalingo, said Customs operatives also arrested those behind the attempt to smuggle the petroleum product from Nigeria to Cameroon Republic.
“The interception was made possible due to the hard work and commitment of the officers of Operation Whirlwind and other security operatives in preventing smuggling across Nigerian borders.
“In recent weeks, Customs had witnessed a troubling increase in petroleum smuggling activities across the North-East zone frontier, particularly along the Adamawa and Taraba corridors.
“Activities of petrol smugglers were creating artificial scarcity of the product and distorting supply chains in vulnerable communities- such activities also funded enterprises that undermined regional security,” he said.
Adeniyi expressed satisfaction with the vigilance and courage exhibited by the officers while carrying out the mission that led to the seizure of the petrol products.
The Comptroller-General stressed that targeted operations in those areas had revealed strategic transit points for cross-border petroleum diversion.
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