Hyacinth Chinweuba
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Monitoring Team Idiroko Axis has intercepted vehicles, poultry products, four hundred and thirteen (413) bales of used clothing and other general goods, suspected to have been smuggled through unapproved routes.
The team leader Deputy Comptroller Yahaya Biri Usman, who led the operation, confirmed that his team had a stiff battle with the smugglers before they were eventually subdued.
The team had mounted surveillance along some of the unapproved routes inorder to beat the anti-smuggling strategies by the smugglers.
He stated that his team maintains overwhelming presence at the nooks and crannies particularly the unapproved routes.
The team leader drew attention to the elasticity of the security areas but assured that such will not stop their aggressive patrol and effective coordination of flashpoints.
He stated that the Headquarters Monitoring Team Idiroko Axis has been in close collaboration with other Customs formations to ensure amputation and decimation of the smugglers supply chain as he assured that efforts are being made to sustain the ongoing anti-smuggling campaign.
He thanked the CGC, Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko Inde CFR and the Management for their continued support as he promised to remain a clog in the activities of smugglers.