Customs raid Mubi market, seize foreign rice

- Personnel of the Nigerian Customs Service on Friday, December 20, raided a market in Mubi

- The NCS went on the operation with some officers of the Nigeria Police

- The team seized many bags of foreign rice and arrested three suspects believed to be involved in the smuggling of goods

The Nigerian Customs Service on Friday, December 20, raided Mubi town market for foreign rice and other contraband goods.

The raid which was carried out by officers of the Adamawa/Taraba state command of the NCS was led by the Comptroller, Kamardeen Olumoh.

It was gathered that the team seized many bags of foreign rice and arrested three suspects believed to be involved in the smuggling of goods.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the officers who teamed up with Police personnel stormed the commercial border town main market around 11 am and raided many shops and stores.

The command comptroller said the raid was in compliance with a directive from the comptroller-general of the service in Abuja.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that an aide to the president on social media, Lauretta Onochie, has said that the price of rice in Nigeria will soon crash.

Onochie urged Nigerians should expect a crash in the commodity's price to about N9,000 per 50kg.

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Source: Legit.ng