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Customs Release Bullion Van Seized For Smuggling Rice

The Nigeria Customs Service Ogun State Area II Command, on Friday, released a bullion van apprehended in April 2022 for being involved in smuggling rice across the border communities of the state.

It will now be returned to its owner, Bankers Warehouse Limited.

The sum of N24,489,500 that the bullion van was also carrying at the time it was seized, belonging to Access Bank Plc, was also returned to the bank.

The bullion van, with number plate FKJ 993 BZ had for about two years been kept in the custody of Customs, Abeokuta, while the seized money was deposited at the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The release of both the bullion van and the confiscated money to their owners followed the intervention of the Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi.

The Controller, Ogun Area II Command, Bisi Alade, disclosed this on Friday while briefing journalists at the Command’s office, Abeokuta.

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