The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) says it has intercepted 42 bags of foreign rice at Kankara axis of Katisna State.
NIS spokesman, Sunday James, who disclosed this in a statement in Abuja at the weekend, said that it was concealed in a vehicle.
James said that the officers were on routine patrol along the Kankara axis when they apprehended a vehicle carrying the contraband.
He said that the Controller, Katsina State Command of the service, Yakubu Umar, handed over the 42 bags of rice to the Nigeria Customs Service.