New way fuel is smuggled to bandits in Katsina- Customs

The Nigeria Customs Service disclosed on Monday that smugglers have devised new methods of smuggling petrol for bandits in Katsina State.

Deputy Comptroller Dalhatu Wada, the Acting Area Controller, Katsina Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service, made this disclosure while briefing the press on the activities of his Command from September 5 to October 8, 2021.

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He said that smugglers now fabricate bigger tanks for their vehicles and motorcycles which they purchase fuel filled to the brim with and later sell to bandits.

“Recently, we intercepted and seized two Peugeot 504 vehicles which the smugglers have fabricated their tanks to carry a larger quantity of fuel. The smugglers would go to the fuel stations with these vehicles and motorcycles and buy fuel which they will resell to bandits. We were able to get information on their activities through intelligence. We monitored them up to the point where they had bought the fuel and taking them to the bandits but as soon as they sensed our presence because they are very sensitive, they abandoned the vehicles and the motorcycles which we immediately seized”, Wada said.