2,375 liters of Petroleum Motor Spirit, 303 bales and 94 sacks of second-hand clothes, and 58 bags of foreign parboiled rice of 50 kg each were intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service, Kebbi State Command.
The PMS, popularly called petrol was loaded in jerrycans in November.
The Customs Area Controller, Comptroller Joseph Attah, made this known on Thursday, while displaying the seized items, which were all intercepted in the month of November.
The Comptroller also revealed that the command raked in over N127m as revenue last month under his watch.
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Attah also added that in his official observation, there is a recent increase in the smuggling of second-hand clothes into the country.
He said, “From the record at our disposal, there is an increase in the smuggling of second-hand clothes in the last two months. You may recall that 139 bales were also seized in October.
“The smugglers cash in on people’s demand for thick clothes, such as cardigans in this Harmattan season to smuggle these used clothes, not minding the health implication to the end users.
“We don’t know where the items came from or the last users of the clothes, their health status, and so on.
“For the avoidance of doubt, second-hand clothing falls under Schedule 4 of the Common External Tariff (CET) 2022-2026, importation, which is absolutely prohibited on health grounds.
“It is our responsibility to ensure that no item that could negatively affect our people is allowed entry. We are determined to do just that.”