The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Katsina Area Command, has intercepted N71.350 million cash and other contraband goods worth N105.103m in Katsina.
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The Acting Comptroller of the command, Deputy Comptroller Dalha Wada Chedi, made the disclosure on Monday at a press conference in Katsina.
He said five suspects have been arrested in connection with the seizures, adding that parts of the goods were 186 foreign jerk knives.
Chedi explained that the N71.3m cash was intercepted at the Jibia border concealed in a Toyota vehicle driven by three persons, while the jerk knives were seized along the Jibia-Batsari road.
“We intercepted N71,350 million cash concealed in ‘Ghana Must Go’ bags at the Jibia border in a Toyota vehicle driven by three persons. We arrested the suspects and deposited the money at the Katsina branch of the Central Bank of Nigeria.
“We also intercepted 22 jerricans of foreign vegetable oil, 10 cartons of medicament diclofenac, three bags of potash, 35 cartons of foreign milky creamer, 81 kegs of petroleum products, 75 sacks of petroleum products and 37 wraps of second-hand clothing, among others worth N105,103,830.00,” he added.
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