DAILY POST
The Operation Whirlwind of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has seized 71,965 litres of petrol allegedly intended for smuggling from Adamawa and Taraba States into neighbouring Cameroon Republic.
Operation Whirlwind, the petrol smuggling control arm of the Customs Service, said in Yola Wednesday that the seized petrol is valued at over N81 million.
During the 4th press briefing of the Operation in Zone D axis at the area headquarters of the Adamawa/Taraba Area Command of the NCS in Yola, the National Coordinator of the Operation, Husseini Ejibunu said the current report covers the period from when he addressed the press the third time last month, October 9, 2024.
“The team has witnessed the seizure of fuel with the monetary value of N81,517,570,” Ejibunu said, listing the seized items as I,124 Jerry cans of 25, 40 and 60 litres capacities each filled with PMS; 53 drums of 200-litre capacity; and 21,000 litres of PMS unveiled in two fuel tankers.
He reiterated that the total of petrol seized comes to 71,965 litres, all “intended to be smuggled into the neighbouring country, the Republic of Cameroon.”
