NNS Beecroft Arrests, Hands over 162 Bags of Smuggled Rice to Customs

Chiemelie Ezeobi
The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT patrol team recently intercepted and arrested a wooden boat ferrying 162 bags of contraband rice around Lagos Offshore area.
According to the base, the arrest was in line with the federal government’s ban on the importation of rice
To achieve this, the Nigerian Navy has continued to collaborate with the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to stop the activities of smugglers who attempt to import this commodity in a bid to sabotage the nation’s economy.
THISDAY gathered that preliminary investigations by the base revealed that the bags of rice were all foreign parboiled rice smuggled into the country from Republic of Benin.

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