Customs arrests 29 for smuggling rice, poultry products, others worth N2.8b

The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), yesterday, said it arrested 29 individuals in connection with 206 seizures comprising 21 trailer loads of foreign parboiled rice, 1,569 cartons of foreign frozen poultry products, and 2,705 kegs of Premium Motor Spirit, valued at N2.8b in the first quarter of 2024.