By Ahmad Deedat Zakari
The Nigeria Custom Service, NCS, has raked in the sum of N6.9 billion for the month of November in Kano State.
The Comptroller of the NCS in the State, Dauda Ibrahim Chana, made the disclosure to the press on Monday.
The Kano Area Command of the NCS covers both Jigawa and Kano State respectively.
Mr Chana also disclosed that the NCS had seized goods that were being smuggled into the country.
“We have also seized 2,817 bags of foreign rice, 1,428 pieces of used tyres, 250 Jerry cans of 25-litre vegetables oil and 690 cartoons of foreign soap.
“Other seized items are, 429 bales of second-hand cloths, 1,226 packages of royal tramadol, 470 blocks of compressed Indian hemp and 1,530 cartons of foreign spaghetti.” He said
The comptroller added that the command had introduced more sensitive security measures to prevent all forms of smuggling in the area.
“We have already positioned our officers at strategic locations to deal decisively with all those involved in illegal materials,” he told newsmen
He said that the area command had ordered the deployment of officers to border posts in Maigatari in Gumel Local Government area of Jigawa to intensify efforts at mitigating activities of smugglers.
The comptroller enjoined residents in the state to embrace local goods and shun all forms of illegality.