Customs to auction 14,375 litres smuggled petrol in Cross River
Naija News • 2d ago
The Nigeria Customs Service has announced plans to auction 14,375 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (Petrol) seized from smugglers heading to Cameroon.
The PMS was seized by the Nigeria Customs Service Special Anti-Smuggling Taskforce named Operation Whirlwind in the Calabar axis of the zone.
National Coordinator of the taskforce in Zone C, DCC Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Calabar, saying that the Duty Paid Value for the product stands at N14,375,000.
He said, “Within the past several weeks, acting on credible and actionable intelligence, our operatives successfully dismantled a coordinated network involved in the illegal exportation of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) to neighbouring Cameroon.
“During the operation, we intercepted 235 jerry-cans of 25 litres each and...