Customs impounds 250 bags of rice concealed in fuel tanker

The Kano/Jigawa Command of the Nigerian Customs Service on Friday appropriated 250 sacks of outside rice hid in a fuel tanker along Daura-Kano street worth over N5.5m of obligation paid worth.

The representative of the order, Nasir Ahmed, said the new technique for hiding merchandise by dealers was outsider.

"What we saw today is somewhat new, something that is trying to our reasoning. On the off chance that someone can load rice in a compartment that should contain diesel, oil or lamp fuel, at that point we ought to accept that they can cover anything in the tank.

It can contain Tramadol, it can contain arms and ammo or some other precluded merchandise, and they stacked it so that it will be hard to recognize. However, through insight and perseverance of our men, they had the option to see it," he said.

Mr Ahmed said keeping rice or some other consumable in such condition has some genuine wellbeing suggestions notwithstanding financial harm and security dangers it stances to the country.

He approached the individuals to help and supplement the exertion of the national government by ceasing from belittling carried products.