Customs seize 11,650 litres of PMS, drugs, others in Kebbi

As part of its continued efforts to get rid of illegal smuggling of goods across the country, the Nigerian Customs Service has again seized 11,650 litres of petroleum motor spirits popularly called PMS

Speaking while briefing newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday, Comptroller of the command, Iheanacho Ernest Ojike, said the command also recovered 40 cartons of foreign Spaghetti, 50 bales of secondhand clothing, 28 cartons of Diclofenac tablets of 50mg and 10 Jerry Cans of vegetable oils with total Duty Paid Value (DPV) of fourteen million, seven hundred and ninety-two thousand, four hundred naira.

He further disclosed that “the seized PMS would be auctioned to the public with the expectation of generating eight million, one hundred and seventy-eight thousand, one hundred eighty-three (N8, 178, 183) and will be paid to the coffers of the Federal Government

.The team was able to generate twenty-five million, eight hundred and forty-seven thousand, six hundred and eleven naira (N25, 847, 611) in June, which is 67.6 per cent increase as compared to the previous month of May”

Meanwhile, the  Comptroller of the National Coordinator Operation WHIRLWIND, Hussien Ejibunu,

in a separate briefing in Birnin Kebbi, said a giant stride was made by operatives of

Operation Whirlwind Zone D’ axis with the seizures of PMS products in Sokoto Area Command.