NSCDC hands over suspected smugglers to Customs
Port Harcourt By Comr. Isaac 21 September, 2023 (International Communication Centre, ICC)
Lagos State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Usman Alfadarai, on Thursday, September 21, handed over three suspected rice smugglers to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
The suspects were arrested on Monday, September 18, by the Commandant-General’s Marine Monitoring Unit (Western Command) at the Eleko Eleko Beach axis in Lagos State.
They allegedly smuggled 292 bags of rice into the country from the Republic of Benin. The items were hidden in three wooden boats.
