Men of the Nigerian Customs Service have uncovered a smuggled rice warehouse containing 900 bags with an estimated custom duty value of fourteen million, five hundred thousand (N14. 5mn).
The Comptroller of Customs in charge of Adamawa/Taraba States Command, Kamardeen Olumoh, says the perpetrators were caught re-bagging foreign rice meant to be sold as local brand in Yola South local government area of Adamawa State.
The customs official says a truck loaded with foreign rice covered with bags of other grains was also apprehended along the Mubi – Yola road, with duty value of N10.3 million Naira.
The Comptroller of Customs announced plans of the service to raid the Yola Ultra-Modern market, to rid the state of imported rice.
