The Nigeria Customs service (NCS), Adamawa-Taraba Area Command yesterday sadi it seized 234.5 tonnes of fertiliser and other contraband about to be smuggled into Cameroon Republic.
The NCS said it had recorded 69 seizures along Nigeria–Cameroon border with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N232.11 million between January and June, 2022, Comptroller of Customs Adeboyega Ganiyu, in charge of the Command told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
He said the Service had scaled up patrol and campaign activities to tackle smuggling in the country.
He said personnel of the Service seized 4,649 bags of fertiliser weighing 234.5 tonnes and other items at the entry and exit points of Nigerian border with Cameroon.
The Comptroller listed other items to include 22 vehicles; 1,500 sachets of Tramadol tablet, 392 bags of foreign rice and 70 bags of unpeeled foreign rice.